Job Description

Description

Directorate:

Marketing, Education, Events and Membership

Reports to:

Education & Events Manager

Salary range:

26,521 - 33,456per annum, depending on experience

Location:

London - EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid - The Education team is office-based on an agreed day once a week, then a required one day each month for all staff)

Contract:

Permanent, full-time (31.5 hours over 5 days)

Job Summary

The BSR education programme is a key benefit to members and the wider rheumatology community, providing updates on the essentials needed to deliver top-quality care for patients and ensuring professional development opportunities.

This role sits within the Education team who are responsible for delivering BSR's educational activity. Working alongside the Head of Education, the Education & Events Manager, Event Executive (Education) and the Digital Events Manager, you will assist in the planning and delivery of a range of education courses, webinars, bursary schemes and digital learning activities. You will work with the team to support the work of our Education Committee, Trainee Committee and Digital Learning Board.
This is an exciting role for someone looking to get further hands-on experience in planning and executing a variety of educational events and activities and liaising with multiple stakeholders. It is a unique opportunity to be part of the team at the forefront of rheumatology education, making a tangible impact on the professional development of members and the broader rheumatology community.

Main Responsibilities

Event & Course Coordination

Lead on course and webinar registration processes, including delegate bookings, communications, data management and reporting, and producing delegate materials. Support course logistics including venue sourcing and management, accommodation and travel, catering and AV. Support stakeholder management at education courses, including communications with patients, sponsors and event supporters.
Occasional travel, including attendance and overnight stays at BSR courses, conferences and events.

Systems & Data Management

Oversee the team's CRM (Microsoft Dynamics) and registration systems, ensuring data integrity, implementing system enhancements, coordinating stakeholders, and carrying out testing.

Project Coordination

Coordinate the rheumatology training webinar series, including topic development, speaker management and live delivery. Coordinate the education bursary programme, including promotion, application management and financial reconciliation. Coordinate Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation of educational activities. Support the delivery of digital sponsorship and educational partnership opportunities.

Marketing & Communications

Work with the Marketing and Communications team to create digital content to engage target audiences, including providing content for webpages, newsletters and delegate communications.

General Duties

Manage the events inbox and education team enquiries, delivering excellent customer service and being the main point of contact for the team. Input into education budgets by monitoring progress against income and expenditure for owned projects. Support on reporting for and evaluation of all education activities and outputs, identifying impact and ways to improve. Support with BSR Committee liaison and logistics. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of Education and the Education & Events Manager.

Please note:

This role will require travel and overnight stays, for example at our in-person courses. As we are a small team you'll have the opportunity to get involved in cross-departmental projects, lead or contribute to agile sprint working and support wider business needs. There are other opportunities to get involved with our staff forum or peer group meetings.

Person Specification

Enthusiastic about all aspects of education and CPD, self-motivated, and eager to contribute to educational initiatives.

Proven event planning or coordination experience (preferably within education and training, healthcare, or professional membership sectors).

Experience of working on a variety of digital systems, including CRM, and quick to pick up new programs.

Confidence to manage stakeholders at all levels and to deal with external contacts.

Professional and personable when communicating with members, customers and volunteers.

Confident time and project management skills as you'll be working on various projects simultaneously.

Ability to demonstrate use of initiative and innovation, to make positive improvements or efficiencies to how we deliver education.

Equity, Inclusion and Diversity statement

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity, and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you.

We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.

Benefits of working at BSR

We offer a wide range of benefits, most of which start from day one of joining us. Our benefits fall into four main areas: Wellbeing, Time- based, Learning and development, and Financial. Just some of them include:

Wellbeing:

Free period products in our office Free flu vaccinations Mental Health First Aiders BUPA healthcare scheme- we offer a cash plan, which you can add children or partners to Employee Assistance Programme. This is a free, confidential counselling service to all staff, as well as a general advice service provided by BUPA WeCare offers access to a 24/7 virtual GP, as well as a mental health support service, a get fit programme and an online portal with lots of helpful resources Our enhanced sick pay offer is: + Up to two years' service: 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay
+ After two years' service: 12 weeks full pay and 12 weeks half pay
We work in a social environment with a range of activities, both virtual and in person, run by our Social Squad. This includes an organisation- wide volunteering day.

Time-based:

We offer 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays All staff can request sabbaticals at any point, which are considered on a case-by-case basis We also offer an extra day for moving house Bank holiday swaps- you can swap a bank holiday day for another day's leave (entitlement remains 1:1 days) We're a 4 day week employer, which at BSR means working your fulltime hours (31.5 each week) over 5 days

Learning and development

We will help you develop your career by supporting your personal development and encouraging internal progression. This includes recognising individuals' achievements through our internal staff awards. We offer a huge range of learning opportunities, both in-house and externally. This includes a thorough induction programme when you join us, as well as development opportunities aimed at line managers, and wellbeing-based learning sessions. And if professional membership is a required part of your role, we'll cover the cost of that.

Financial:

We offer a performance related pay incentive scheme Income protection scheme You'll be enrolled on our pensions scheme with Aegon (via Second Sight). Our current pension match is 5% employer contribution if you contribute 4% (9% contribution in total). Our life assurance policy pays three times your basic salary Interest free season ticket loans Ride-to-work scheme Interest-free loan scheme We also provide generous enhancements within our parental and family leave policies. + Our maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 6 weeks at full pay, 33 weeks at half pay, followed by 13 weeks at the statutory rate.
+ Our paternity leave offer is 6 weeks at full pay.

About British Society for Rheumatology

The British Society for Rheumatology is a membership organisation which brings together expertise from across the rheumatology profession, harnessing a wide variety of experience and skills to ensure we are supporting our members to the very best of our combined ability. Involving patients and carers at every step, we aim to ensure that physicians and clinicians are equipped to provide high-quality care.

We're a small organisation with huge ambitions. If you're looking for an organisation with a one-team feel where you'll be able to develop professionally and have the autonomy to run with your ideas, we might be a match for you.

We have a great

benefits package

, and wellbeing is a key part of our People and Culture strategy. We're a

4.5 day week

employer, which means full time is 31.5 hours per week, spread over 5 days. We work in a hybrid way, coming together as a whole staff team once a month, and then deciding at team level when and how to work together most effectively in person.



We're proud to have won several HR awards, to be a Living Wage accredited employer, and are committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. Our values guide our decision making and our behaviours, and we'll ask you about these at interview stage.

You can find out more about each of the individuals who make up

our staff team

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read more about our

vision, mission and values

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BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability, which you can find out more about here. We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.