As Senior Education Manager (Legal), you will join an educational, regulatory, and representative body for legal working professionals in Ireland. You will join their diploma centre and act as the team lead overseeing the development, management and running of your new employer’s portfolio of diploma and certificate courses. Your new company requires you to join their team on a 2-year FTC. You should be willing to work on Saturdays and outside normal office hours.

As Senior Education Manager, your duties will include but are not limited to managing and co-ordinating the Education Department’s post qualification diploma programme, including all Diploma Centre courses; managing a large team of Diploma Centre staff; preparing for and advance planning of the Diploma Centre portfolio of courses; organising and conducting all planning meetings necessary to the proper preparation for the courses; leading the annual MOOC project, as part of the Law Society’s Public Legal Education initiative; developing new programmes for the portfolio; ensuring high quality standards across the portfolio; leading the marketing strategy for the Diploma Centre, assisting in the teaching and tutoring on courses, where appropriate; overall co-ordination of the financial planning for the diploma section, including projections, budget preparation, budget monitoring and reporting; ensuring that performance target for the Diploma Centre team are met and all other general administrative and ad-hoc duties that fall into your new role.

As Senior Education Manager, you will have recent relevant experience along with knowledge of and experience of legal work. Having a legal background (preferably a practising solicitor) is advantageous. You will have experience managing a team and have the ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Project management experience is required. You will have strong interpersonal skills with a growth mindset.

With clear and relevant examples of your career achievements within a similar role, you will be a very strong candidate for this role.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and gain invaluable and transferable experience within a reputable professional membership organisation that provides education services. You will have a hybrid work model along with excellent working conditions.