Faber Academy Online Manager
- Recruiter
- Faber and Faber
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater) Remote Working
- Salary
- £30,000- £34,000 per annum
- Posted
- 19 May 2022
- Closes
- 05 Jun 2022
- Ref
- F4J
- Sectors
- Education & Teaching, IT, Project Management, Management
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Faber Academy is a thriving creative writing school, with an increasingly broad offering of resources for aspiring and improving writers; we ran over a hundred courses last year, as well as mentorships, masterclasses and manuscript assessments. We’re based in London but more and more are looking outwards, both physically but also, crucially, online.
Faber Academy is looking for someone passionate about online education and creative writing, and who is excited about the ways new technologies can expand how we think about supporting aspiring writers online. The Faber Academy Online Manager will liaise with a development agency to contribute to the building of a brand new bespoke Learning Management System, and then programme and manage all courses on this system going forward, in consultation with the Director of Faber Academy.
The right candidate will be meticulously organised, and able to oversee the running of a busy programme – with over a thousand students a year – of pre-existing courses. You’ll take responsibility for providing an online equivalent to the Faber Academy courses which have gained a reputation over the years for being ahead of the competition in every way.
You will be accustomed to working closely with a small team, moving flexibly to react to new situations, but also to working independently and setting your own targets to be able to deliver medium- and long-term strategic goals. You’ll help us build new functionality for our web properties, and you’ll negotiate between pedagogical aspirations and technological limitations to find new solutions to the old questions of how we become better writers.
Whether you’re talking to an aspiring poet, a digital web developer, a Faber editor or directly with the public, you’ll be an enthusiastic communicator and ambassador for Academy’s future-facing online offering.
The role will be initially for a fixed term of one year.
Faber Academy is based in London, although for this role we are willing to consider remote working.
Additionally, the role is advertised as full time, but we will be also willing to consider a part time version of the role for the right candidate.
If you would like to be considered for the role please apply by sending a covering letter and CV to FAOM@faberrecruitment.co.uk quoting ref F4J by Sunday 5 June 2022.
Salary: £30,000–£34,000 range
Faber has a staff of just over 120, based across our offices in Bloomsbury Square, London, and Harlow. We want all our staff to have the best possible, most positive and enjoyable experience while working at Faber.
Our benefits include:
- Access to Faber titles (including regular staff book clubs), discounted Independent Alliance titles
- Minimum of 28 days’ holiday per year
- Five days per year for volunteering work of your choice
- Full subscription to the Headspace meditation app
- Season-ticket loans
- Cycle-to-work vouchers
- Subsidised eye tests
- Generous pension scheme
- Life assurance and income protection insurance
- Access to online GP and advisory services
We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.
Please note that all personal information which we process in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-privacy and our Data Protection Policy at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-policy.