Skills Bootcamp Programme Manager

Pwc; United States; Hybrid; USD 6,600 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS

Safeguarding training

Prevent training

Job summary

iO-Sphere is hiring a Skills Bootcamp Programme Manager to run the data bootcamps end-to-end, coordinating coaches, markers and learners across Oxford and London sites with on-site and remote hybrid support.

You’ll monitor enrolment, attendance, retention and progression, ensuring compliance, audit-ready records, and timely funder reporting while staying hands-on with learners.

Qualifications

• Experience running or coordinating a programme, cohort or delivery operation.
• All-round learner support and tracking mindset.
• Comfort with delivery data: attendance, retention, outcomes.
• Strong record-keeping and deadline discipline.
• Clear, calm communicator for a delivery team.
• Familiarity with learner management/MIS systems (Aptem ideal).
• Inclusive approach ensuring access for all learners.
• Experience in funded or regulated training environments (Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships).

Responsibilities

• Run the Data Skills Bootcamps end to end – timetables, scheduling, logistics.
• Coordinate the delivery team and caseloads, maintain SLA.
• Act as point of contact for learners and re-engage absentees.
• Document retention interventions and audit-ready records.
• Assist enrolment and onboarding in Aptem and iO Academy.
• Track metrics: attendance, pace, retention, outcomes.
• Support funder reporting with teams and ensure compliance.
• Support progression into data roles as funded outcomes.

Skills

Programme management

Learner engagement

Data-driven

Communication

Organisation

Aptem familiarity

Tools

Aptem

Job description

Skills Bootcamp Programme Manager

2026-09-23T00:00:00

London

Greater London

GB

EC2V 8

Any

2026-10-24T10:19:30.507

You're the person who keeps a programme running when a dozen things are moving at once - timetables, coaches, learners, funder deadlines - and you're happiest when none of it drops. You're also close to the learners: the one who spots someone slipping, chases the absence before it becomes a drop-out, and gets them back on track. You'll run our Data Skills Bootcamps end to end - the Level 3 in Oxford, the Level 4 in London, and the coaches, markers and support around them - while staying hands-on with learners yourself: following up absences, running retention interventions, and being a point of contact people actually reach out to. You hold pace, retention and compliance across every cohort from enrolment to outcomes.

About iO-Sphere

We train people to do things with data and AI, not just learn about them. Learners work on real problems - including in Prism, a simulated business we built on 500 million rows of real data. 900+ people have trained with us, we're rated 4.8 on Google, and we're one of the UK's fastest-growing data and AI training startups. Teams at PwC, BAE Systems, Dunelm, Motorway and CBRE send us their people. We're a startup, so how we coach isn't finished - and we'd want you helping build it. The people who improve how we do this are the ones deepest in it.

What you'll do

• Run the Data Skills Bootcamps end to end - timetables, session scheduling, logistics and the day-to-day across every cohort
• Coordinate the delivery team - lead coaches, support coaches and markers - sorting cover and caseloads, and keeping the 48-hour marking SLA on track
• Be a point of contact for learners: follow up absences fast, check in on anyone going quiet, and keep people engaged and on programme
• Run and document retention interventions yourself - and make sure ALS plans and IAG are in place - logging absences, contact, actions and progress in Aptem to the standard a regulated, inspected provider needs
• Help with enrolment and onboarding: eligibility and suitability checks, starts, and getting learners set up in Aptem and iO Academy
• Track attendance, pace, retention and completion against funder targets - and act on the numbers before a cohort drifts
• Keep the compliance and funding record audit-ready - accurate Aptem and ILR data, evidence, and whatever an inspection or funding audit would ask for - and lead funder and awarding-body reporting with the Delivery and Quality teams
• Keep careers support and job outcomes on track - progression into data roles is part of what the funding is for

What we're looking for

• Experience running or coordinating a programme, cohort or delivery operation - you've held the moving parts before. Skills Bootcamp experience is strongly desirable
• A people-first instinct - you're comfortable picking up the phone to a learner who's slipping and getting them back on track
• Comfortable with delivery data and targets - attendance, retention, completion, outcomes - and confident acting on the numbers
• Organised to the point it's a reflex; you keep records straight and deadlines met
• A clear, calm communicator who keeps a delivery team and its learners aligned
• Familiar with a learner management / MIS system (Aptem ideal) and the discipline of audit-ready records
• A genuinely inclusive approach - you make sure every learner can access the programme and its support
• Experience in a funded or regulated training environment (Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, FE) and with funder or Ofsted requirements is ideal
• No teaching qualification needed for this role - it's operational and learner-facing - though understanding how regulated programmes are delivered helps

The essentials

• Fixed-term contract, roughly four months. Starts October 2026, through to the week after the programme ends
• London hybrid - 2-3 days a week with the ability to flex if extra time is required. This role is hybrid - when our learners are in-person you need to be on-site and when they're remote you can be remote
• Pay: £5k-£9k for 4 months at 2-3 days per week - £35k-£45k annualised - under PAYE
• Enhanced DBS, safeguarding and Prevent training, and the right to work in the UK (we can't offer sponsorship)
• Progression: depending on programme volume when the contract ends, there's a genuine route into further delivery, operations or programme roles with iO-Sphere

Location

This role is London-based and two days a week - you'll be at our E1 office (by Liverpool Street), with the rest remote, working alongside the delivery team and the wider skills bootcamp team.

How we hire

A short screening call, a conversation with the delivery team you'd work with, and a practical task drawn from real delivery or marking rather than an invented puzzle. We move quickly - we need people ready for October.

Safeguarding

iO-Sphere is committed to safeguarding and operates within regulated Further Education environments. All applicants must complete their application honestly and in full, and consent to the pre-employment checks required for the role. Failure to disclose relevant information, or providing false information, will result in the application being withdrawn or employment being terminated.

Equal opportunities

iO-Sphere is an equal-opportunities employer. We hire on merit and welcome applications from every background. If you'd need any adjustment to the process, just tell us.

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