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PA Media Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

10% annual bonus

Hybrid working

25 days’ holiday

Wellbeing Day

Volunteering time

BUPA Health Cash Plan

Life assurance 4x salary

Job summary

PA Media Academy, part of PA Media, is seeking a Professional Training Manager to lead and grow the professional training business in a hybrid role based in Stratford with some travel to Paddington.

You will bring significant journalism and communications experience, identify market needs, and own the training portfolio from concept to delivery, commissioning internal and freelance experts to meet client needs.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a journalist.
• Significant experience in communications, either in-house or agency-side.
• Strong knowledge of, and contacts across, the media and communications industries.
• Understanding of current and emerging skills needs within these sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the growth of our Professional Training business, helping us achieve revenue and margin targets.
• Identify new training opportunities and partnerships using industry insight.
• Keep the training portfolio relevant, high-quality and responsive to industry needs.
• Commission courses from internal experts and freelance tutors with clear briefs.
• Build strong relationships with clients and identify opportunities to grow existing accounts.
• Collaborate with Business Development to identify prospective clients and new opportunities.
• Partner with Marketing to showcase our training offer and raise the Academy’s profile.

Skills

Journalism

Communications

Client relations

Course development

Project management

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

PA Media Academy is part of PA Media, the UK’s national news agency, which provides 24/7 coverage to every major news outlet in

the country. With more than 150 years of trusted journalism behind us, we sit at the heart of media reporting and storytelling

across the UK and Ireland.

PA Media Academy builds on this heritage by delivering high-quality communications courses and workshops for working

professionals’journalism diploma courses and training for apprentices in journalism, communications, digital media and related

roles. We’re known for our practical, industry-focused approach and our commitment to developing talent at every stage of a media

career.

It’s an exciting time to join us. The Academy has just moved into a new, bespoke training centre and office at 2 Redman Place in

Stratford, East London, overlooking the Olympic Park. It’s a space designed around the future of the Academy and our ambitions to

grow.

This is a hybrid role, with three days a week based in our Stratford office, alongside some travel to our Paddington office.

About the Role

We’re looking for an Professional Training Manager to lead and grow PA Media Academy’s professional training business.

This is a role for someone who knows the media and communications industries inside out. You’ll understand the skills

organisations need right now, as well as over the coming years as these industries adapt and change. You’ll have the credibility

and network to turn that insight into high-quality, commercially successful training.

Working closely with our Business Development Manager and wider Academy team, you’ll identify opportunities, develop new courses

and disciplines, build relationships with clients and partners and help grow existing accounts.

You’ll have real ownership of the professional training portfolio – combining industry expertise, commercial thinking and a

This is a part-time opportunity, 30 hours per week. Ideally this would be Monday to Thursday but we are happy to discuss options.

How you’ll contribute.

• Lead the growth of our Professional Training business, helping us achieve revenue and margin targets
• Use your media and communications expertise, network and market insight to identify new training opportunities and partnerships
• Keep our training portfolio relevant, high-quality and responsive to changing industry needs
• Identify and introduce new courses and training disciplines
• Commission courses from internal experts and freelance tutors, providing clear briefs and support
• Build strong, lasting relationships with clients and identify opportunities to retain and grow existing accounts
• Work closely with our Business Development Manager to identify prospective clients and new business opportunities
• Partner with Marketing to showcase our professional training offer and strengthen the Academy’s profile
• Share your expertise through thought leadership, industry events, professional networks and content
• Collaborate across the Academy and wider PA to share knowledge, expertise and opportunities

About You.

You’ll bring significant experience from working in the journalism and communications industries, giving you the insight and

credibility to understand what clients need and where the market is heading.

You’ll be commercially-minded and entrepreneurial and will care about quality of delivery and client satistfaction. You’ll enjoy

building relationships, connecting people and turning identified skills needs and new ideas into training that makes a genuine

difference.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Significant experience as a journalist
• Significant experience working in communications, either in-house or agency-side
• Strong knowledge of, and contacts across, the media and communications industries
• A good understanding of the current and emerging skills needs within these sectors
• The confidence and credibility to pitch ideas and solutions to clients and prospects
• An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to take ownership of and grow a business area
• A collaborative, proactive approach to developing both new and existing client relationships
• Excellent communication, organisation and project management skills
• The confidence to brief, commission and work effectively with internal experts and freelance tutors
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint

What We Offer.

• Competitive salary plus 10% annual bonus
• Hybrid working, with three days a week in our new Stratford training centre and office
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rata for a 30-hour per week contract)
• Annual Wellbeing Day and paid volunteering time
• Access to BUPA Health Cash Plan
• Life assurance at 4x salary

PA Media Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all

staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject

to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references.

£32,000 to £35,000 based on skills and experience