Senior Consultant Academy Content

St. James’s Place; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Content Manager to join its development team in England. You will design and manage engaging content for the Financial Adviser Academy. This role requires strong writing and project management skills, with a focus on translating complex information into accessible training materials.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Option to purchase additional leave

Competitive parental leave

Private medical insurance (optional)

10% non-contributory pension

Qualifications

• Experience in creating content within regulated environments.
• Proven ability to translate complex information into engaging content.
• Background in learning design, digital content, or L&D communications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and managing development content.
• Produces engaging content and training materials for new Partners and Advisers.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts to create audience-first content.

Skills

Learning Design

Content Strategy

Instructional Design

Strong Writing Skills

Project Management

Job description

Posted on: 27/05/2025 – Application Deadline: 10/06/2025

Are you ready tochart your own career path? At SJP we need talented individuals like yourselfto support our evolving culture. If you’re seeking an employer that ispassionate about excellence, innovation and autonomy, SJP could be the placefor you.

At a glance:

Location: England

Workplace Type:

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Associate

What you’ll be doing:

We’re building a centre of excellence for development content, and this role sits at the heart of it.

As a Content Manager, you’ll be responsible for designing, evolving, and managing development content across the end-to-end journey for new Partners and Advisers at St. James’s Place within our award-winning Financial Adviser Academy. This includes producing engaging content, detailed lesson plans, and ‘train the trainer’ materials, ensuring all resources and training content are fit for purpose and compliant.

You’ll collaborate with subject matter experts and delivery leads to transform technical knowledge into engaging, audience-first content that is strategically aligned, behaviourally driven, and designed to deliver measurable impact, meeting the evolving needs of our delegates and clients.

Who we’re looking for:

• Background in one or more of: learning design and needs analysis, content strategy, L&D communications, digital content, internal communications, instructional design.
• Experience creating content within regulated environments or professional development.
• Proven ability to translate complex information into audience-led, behaviour driven content.
• Experience in writing and developing training content, including lesson plans, facilitator guides, and learner materials.
• Strong writing, structuring and/or visual content design skills to produce engaging training content, including lesson plans, facilitator guides, and learner materials.
• Ability to manage multiple content development projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met.

What's in it for you?

We reward youfor the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects bothpersonal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 daysplus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), oronline rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also havebenefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (28 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equalopportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessibleand inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stageplease let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]
Research tells usthat applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excitedabout this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
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