Role: Professional Development Expert in Project Management 

　　Package: Pension, Unlimited leave, Flexible working

　　Location: Remote working

　　Working Hours: Full or Part time. Minimum 3 days per week.

　　Corndel is recruiting a Professional Development Expert with strong project management experience to join our new and rapidly growing business. You will join a company who are breaking new ground and offering a more intelligent, more dynamic, and more achievable way of developing the managers of tomorrow through a world class programme of vocational learning. This is your opportunity to work with some of the largest and highest profile businesses in the UK, helping them and their managers succeed.

　　You must have managed and developed teams who have achieved significant outputs in a timely manner, preferably in a range of environments. We equip senior, middle and entry-level managers with the skills and qualifications to be better project managers. As a Corndel Professional Development Expert, you will provide first-class coaching, mentoring and teaching that meets the aspirations and objectives of our learners and their employers.

　　You will:

　　Manage a caseload of learners, mentoring, coaching and equipping them to become better project managers.

　　Take our theoretical Level 4 project management course content and tailor it for each individual manager that you are supporting through regular coaching sessions.

　　Support your caseload of learners to complete all Corndel training material and assessment tasks in a timely manner.

　　Ensure that each of your learners is working on the project management qualification, accepts the value of it, is making progress and is actively pursuing it as a means of furthering their career.

　　Ultimately you will be judged on the number of learners successfully completing the qualification, and the satisfaction of each learner and their line manager with the Corndel programme.

　　KPI’s – by cohort typically 40-45 learners

　　Deliver the APM Project Management Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard

　　Supporting a cohort of learners through their project management programme and PMQ exam

　　Ensuring over 85% of learners achieve their project management qualification

　　Meeting quarterly milestones for each learner to present a compliant portfolio of evidence

　　Supporting learners to complete assignments within the set timescales and to the highest standard possible

　　Timetabling and holding a one to one appointment with each learner, at a minimum of once a month

　　Facilitating workshops that engage, motivate and educate the learner

　　Engaging with the learners’ line managers on a quarterly basis to review progress

　　Person Specification

　　Corndel is looking for exceptional talent, people who want to make a difference and who are used to working hard and personal success. People who understand the complexities, challenges, satisfaction and frustrations of being a project manager and want to pass on their knowledge and skills in conjunction with a comprehensive and highly acclaimed qualification to help others succeed.   

　　We are searching for people who can demonstrate the following attributes:

　　Personality and Attitude

　　A self-starter and self-manager who can engage people, keep them engaged and progressing through the qualification

　　Want to teach and ensure learning is taking place

　　A can-do and upbeat attitude to work, colleagues, clients and managers

　　An inquisitive mind, able to find things out and problem solve. 

　　Solutions focussed with detailed attention to both the outcomes and the inputs to secure them

　　With integrity and standards that mirror those of Corndel – where people and success matter

　　A passion for continued professional and personal development and a desire and pleasure in seeing others develop and succeed

　　A person who wants to make a difference.

　　Skills

　　Ability to understand people and tailor solutions to meet each person’s particular learning style and situation.  Working together to create the right and best method of success for each learner

　　Organised, knowing where each learner is on the programme and keeping clear and comprehensive records to manage learner, employer, awarding body and Ofsted expectations

　　Focussing time and attention on every learner to ensure they achieve their qualification, always keeping the main goal in sight and adapting where necessary to meet these goals

　　A natural enabler and facilitator of people, processes and situations

　　A good listener.

　　Knowledge and experience

　　A demonstrable background in project management and a solid understanding of managing projects and people.  Ideally with at least five years experience in a PM role.

　　Experience of project management systems and the ability to help develop others’ project management skills and technical abilities

　　Understanding what it is like to be a project manager and able to offer practical advice and support for the day to day issues that arise when managing a project within the workplace

　　Understanding what it is like to be a manager and able to offer practical advice and support for the day-to-day issues that all managers face

　　An understanding of what it is like to be mentored, and to mentor learners to complete a comprehensive package of practical project management training

　　Desirable to hold a project management qualification e.g. APM, Prince2 or APMP

　　A confident user of IT with a willingness and aptitude to learn a new system and a capability to apply and share this with all managers and colleagues.

　　Corndel is committed to building a brilliant team that is inclusive in its culture, and values diversity so that we can best serve the needs of the learners and clients that we support.  We strive for equality of opportunity in all that we do and actively encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply for this role.

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