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• Project Administrator (Maternity cover)

  Based: Canterbury (with occasional travel to London)
  Salary: £18,500
  Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm

  The successful candidate will support a small team responsible for providing learning materials, technologies and library services to students, alumni and staff.

  Providing maternity cover for the Learning Technology Project Manager, this role will suit someone with extremely strong organisational and administrative experience who wants to develop their knowledge and skills in one or more of the following areas: project management, learning technologies, libraries, publishing or e-learning. Ideally, the candidate will have experience of working in the educational sector, and/or of ifs School of Finance products, services, and customers.

  The job holder will have excellent communication skills, good attention to detail, and should enjoy an often pressurised environment. This post will particularly suit someone who has an interest in and aptitude for new technologies and who is committed to developing their own knowledge and expertise.

  The interview process will include a skills assessment. 

  Project Administrator job description

  Closing date:  Tuesday 7th February at 9.30am
  Interview date:  Tuesday 14th February
  

• Freelance academic authors needed for ifs School of Finance Higher Education learning materials

  The ifs School of Finance, a dynamic not-for-profit higher education provider with taught-degree awarding powers, is seeking experienced writers of financial education study texts and/or study guides to develop and write learning materials to support its full-time taught and part-time distance learning programmes.

  We are looking for people who can write lively, engaging educational and academic materials for our students across Higher Education Undergraduate Levels 4, 5 and 6. We would also welcome interest from those keen to write study guides for distance learning students at Postgraduate Level 7.

  Ideally, you will have a higher education background as an academic, a writer of educational/academic materials for Higher Education, or as an industry practitioner with appropriate academic qualifications (BA/BSc and above). Previous experience of authoring learning materials is highly desirable. Experience of working within the financial services industry is desirable.

  You will need to be able to interpret a written brief; closely align content to the module learning outcomes and syllabus; have a strong understanding of current financial services regulation and legislation; be able to interpret and explain key concepts clearly;  be able to draw on your own knowledge of the discipline and both core principles and current debates; reflect on your understanding and experience of how different students learn, ensuring variety to engage with different student preferences; be a stickler for accuracy and detail; and be able to keep to tight deadlines.

  We are particularly interested in hearing from those with experience in the following areas: banking law; organisational management; retail banking strategy; retail lending; marketing in financial services; and quantitative methods for finance/investment.

  If you are interested in writing for us, please send your CV, with a covering note outlining relevant experience and areas of writing interest, to Marie Smith, Publishing Manager, ifs School of Finance, e: msmith@ifslearning.ac.uk.