UKAS is the world’s leading #accreditation body delivering confidence in products and services, and supporting global value chains. Accreditation is an intrinsic part of the UK’s national #quality infrastructure which underpins all sectors of the economy, from food safety to forensics, construction to communications, energy to engineering. Independent research has confirmed that accreditation contributes £1bn to the UK economy every year. Accreditation provides its direct clients with services that deliver real business value, a marketing and reputational advantage, access to national and overseas markets, and internal quality service improvements. We couldn’t provide this without the scientific and technical expertise of our people, and our core values of integrity and continual improvement.

Job description

UKAS has an exciting opportunity for an Academy Training Manager to join our Commercial Training Team.

The ideal candidate must have:

A passion for all things training; course creation and development, delivery and long-term training solutions.
Excellent, demonstrable knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025.
Several years of technical experience within an accredited testing environment.
A strong desire to bring about change and improvement.
Internal auditing or accreditation management experience.
Ability to travel with diverse schedules.

The key responsibilities of this role will be to support the commercial team in the creation and delivery of Training and Advisory services.

This will include:

Developing, maintaining and delivering commercial training products including digital solutions, taking responsibility for ensuring existing and new courses are developed and updated.
Supporting the sales team in developing proposals.
Reviewing new and developing technical areas to assess their potential for new courses.
Identifying and implementing any identified improvements to current training activities, taking into account current and anticipated UKAS needs.

This is a full-time position and it can be either remote or office-based. The role will report to the Instructional Design Specialist.

Training will be provided where needed

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