CPD Projects Manager

Job Description

CPD Projects Manager

It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland. We have a temporary (maternity cover) opportunity within the CPD team for a CPD Projects Manager who is experienced and accomplished. The role is both fast-paced and multifaceted and plays a wider part in delivering the hundreds of hours of CPD training we offer to thousands of Scottish solicitors each year.

The Projects team generate all the ideas and content for our essential skills, certificated courses programme and Trainee CPD. Please visit our CPD webpages to see these courses.

Our aim is to continue the growth of recent years and become clearly established as the outstanding provider of CPD training to the legal profession. We also have a duty to our members to ensure accessible and broad range of topics are available for people at all stages in the career journey whether that be private practice or in house.

Key Responsibilities for this role:

Devise and implement commercial/engagement strategy to ensure CPD Online; TCPD; Essential Skills and Certificated Courses grow year-on-year
Project manage Law Society of Scotland CPD training courses including speaker acquisition, organisation, marketing, promotion and evaluation
Providing effective line management responsibility for two direct reports
Budget responsibility for expenditure and responsibility for procurement decisions for suppliers, negotiating best rates and service contracts
Work with external partners and internal colleagues to identify gaps in our offering and develop new blended learning courses
Drive marketing strategy for named projects across digital channels including social media, websites and HTML marketing tool (as well as traditional channels such as Legal Publications).
To develop and manage budgets, including an analysis of profit and loss as well as reviewing invoices for accuracy and approving payment
Ensure strategic direction and best use of processes for back-end IT systems including our integrated Learning Management System (LMS), Zoom, iMIS, Informz and Umbraco

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Proven record of delivering services for a membership organisation and/or in a commercial environment
Demonstratable experience of relationship management and leading on complex processes involving multiple stakeholders
Experience in leading projects with significant financial value
Ability to lead on standards/process implementation
Commercial awareness and acumen
Budget management
Line management experience
Influencing and negotiating skills
Prioritisation of workload and time management

The successful applicant will be a motivated, innovative and enthusiastic team player who is able to work on their own initiative and contribute to the growing success of the CPD & Training team.

What we offer our employees?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:

A hybrid working environment.
Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
30 days holiday plus bank holidays
A competitive pension provision scheme
Excellent family friendly benefits
Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering.

The Law Society of Scotland is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We hold an Investors in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement within our organisation and the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page. 

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!

If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now. This vacancy will close at 12 noon on Thursday 28 March 2024.

It is anticipated that interviews will take place during the week commencing 1 April.