Job details

Job title: Education Resources Manager

Reporting to: Head of Education

Responsible for: N/A

Based: Our Head Office is based in London, but we have an agile working policy enabling people to work at another UK location up to 4 days/week. Permanent remote working in the UK is possible and we welcome applications from people based in other parts of the UK. 

Terms: 0.5 FTE (17.5 hours per week), permanent. Requests for flexible working will be considered

Salary: £33,100- £43,700 FTE per annum, (£16,550 - £21,850 pro-rata)

Download the candidate pack for this role as a PDF or view our text-only version of the pack here.

Role overview

Our vision 

We want all young people, especially those from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, to feel like STEM is ‘for them’. We believe that relevant, meaningful and sustained STEM project work (through our flagship CREST Awards scheme) is a powerful tool to engage and inspire all students and help them build a positive relationship with STEM.  

The team 

The Education team at the BSA is supportive, creative and innovative and we care deeply about the work that we do. Between us we oversee the CREST Awards scheme (and its associated networks and grants), British Science Week, and a host of funded projects that seek to make access to STEM more equitable.

Your role

Working with a wider team of external developers and designers, as well as the BSA team, you will lead the creation of BSA education resources, from conception through to final product. These could range from British Science Week activity packs, to new CREST Award activities or kit boxes.

Key responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role are:

• Overseeing creative/ideation workshops, including running focus groups with our ‘Engage’ (URA) teacher network to plan/test new resources.
• Inputting on funding bids for new resource work and reporting to funders.
• Developing project plans for each resource project and managing project budgets.
• Recruiting, training and overseeing a pool of freelance resource developers and delegating tasks to Education Officers where appropriate.
• Liaising with the CREST Product and Partnerships Managerto ensure resources are in line with the CREST product development strategy.
• Negotiating and overseeing contracts with suppliers.
• Liaising with the Communications and Development teams to ensure that funder and audience needs are met, and that resources are consistently high quality.
• Managing the CREST resource library.

In addition, the post-holder will be expected to:

• Work proactively and collaboratively with the Education team and other BSA colleagues to set and achieve our goals.
• Support colleagues across the organisation especially at busy times or on specific areas of expertise.
• Other duties as reasonably required by line manager.

Person specification

About you

You are a creative and committed educator, who believes that all young people are entitled to high quality and relevant STEM education with  engaging STEM resources.

You have experience of, and are confident at managing projects and budgets, and able to involve target audiences in the creation of new products.

Above all you’ll have a passion for young people and giving all young people (regardless of background) the skills, inspiration and opportunity to thrive in STEM.

Below is a summary of essential and desirable criteria needed for this role, as well as how we will assess a candidate’s suitability.

Essential criteria 

Criteria	CV	Applied Qs	Interview	Task
Demonstrable experience of managing staff, contractors and multiple projects	Y	Y
Ability to manage project budgets	Y		Y
Knowledge of the UK education sector	Y	Y
Experience working in/with schools	Y	Y	Y	Y
Good interpersonal and communication skills, and able to produce clear reports, funding bids and supplier briefs		Y	Y	Y
Experience of developing high quality educational resources for UK schools	Y		Y
Experience of building and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including funders	Y	Y	Y
Strong time management skills, with ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines	Y		Y

Desirable criteria

Criteria	CV	Applied Qs	Interview	Task
Experience working across multiple age/phases e.g., primary, secondary, early years and/or SEND (special educational needs and disabilities)	Y		Y
Editorial experience	Y		Y
Classroom teaching experience	Y		Y
A passion for equality, diversity and inclusion and demonstrable ability to apply that to daily work of the role externally and internally at the BSA			Y

Benefits 

• Agile working policy enabling you to work at home or in another UK location up to 4 days per week, if office-based, and to vary your working hours outside our 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm core hours, subject to the needs of the BSA;
• 27 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
• Up to two days paid leave per year for significant voluntary commitments in support of professional and personal development, such as being a trustee of a charity or a school governor;
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme (4% paid by employer);
• Up to five days’ unpaid leave per year (this is down to the Manager’s decision and ensuring it does not affect work); 
• Life assurance from your first day, subject to scheme rules;  
• Occupational sick pay: up to six weeks’ full pay per year (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
• Confidential telephone counselling service, offered by our legal insurance;
• Interest-free loan for season ticket, bike to work, and assisted study;
• Discounts may be offered on Science Museum tickets and in the shop.

To apply

Please send a CV that details your ability to match the criteria. There will be additional questions to answer via the application platform.

Applications should be made via this link: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nnra2n77eh

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Monday 11 September 2023. 

First interviews are due to take place w/c 25 September 2023.

You will be informed as soon as possible after the application deadline whether you have been selected for interview.

As part of the British Science Association’s commitment to being a Disability Confident employer, all disabled* applicants who meet the ‘essential criteria’ for this vacancy will be offered an interview under our guaranteed interview scheme.

If you wish to apply under the guaranteed interview scheme, you will be asked to indicate this when you submit your application by selecting ‘yes’ in the relevant box when asked during the application process. Applicants do not need to state any further information or declare their disability at the application stage.

The BSA follows government advice in that it is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations (such as a high number of applications), we may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

In these circumstances, we could select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

Whether you are applying under the scheme or not, if you are successful in being shortlisted, we will ask candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions to let us know if they need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

If you have further questions or would like this information in a different format, please contact: [email protected]  

Terms & conditions

From time to time the job entails working extended hours and occasional weekends, for which no overtime payments are made. The BSA operates a time off in lieu policy for weekend working and some other out-of-hours instances.

Only applicants who have a legal right to work within the UK will be considered. You will be asked to bring along proof of nationality and/or proof of ability to work in the UK.

You will also be asked to declare any previous convictions in line with your rights under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975.

This is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. It is the practice of the Association to examine job descriptions from time to time and to update them to ensure they relate to the job as then being performed, or to incorporate whatever changes are reasonably required, in discussion with the postholder.

It is the policy of the BSA to offer starting salaries at the bottom end of the salary band where appropriate.

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*The Disability Confident scheme’s definition of disability is in line with the Equalities Act 2010: “a physical or mental condition which has a long-term and substantial effect on your daily life”.

Further information about our Disability Confident commitments can be found on the Disability Confident page of our website.