Education Programmes Assistant

**Job Title: Education Programmes Assistant**
**Location**: Hybrid working with 2 days a week in London Office (can be flexible), WC2A
**Hours**: Full time, Permanent
**Salary**: Circa £23,000, depending on experience
**The Educational Programmes Assistant** will play a crucial role in the Policy and Programmes team at the BOA. They will administer a portfolio of education and training opportunities that we run, including courses, fellowships, our annual onlineexamination 'UKITE’ and outreach to medical students.
The **British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)** is the Surgical Specialty Association for Trauma and Orthopaedics in the UK, providing national leadership and unifying focus with charitable endeavours by caring for patients, supporting surgeons andtransforming lives.
**Educational Activities**:

- Administer educational events, including Training Orthopaedic Trainers, Training Orthopaedic Educational Supervisors and Future Leaders Programme; including planning training dates, updating publicity, supporting customers with enquiries/bookings and post-eventevaluation.
- Support the delivery of online/virtual events, including training courses and webinars.
- Provide administrative support to the UKITE (UK and Ireland In-Training Examination) programme
- Maintain a log of BOA representatives on external bodies (e.g. JCIE, EBOT, UEMS) and BOA appointments (including BOA/RCS Regional Specialty Professional Advisors),
- Administer recruitment process for vacant positions when they arise.
- Provide administrative and organisational support to projects and meetings, sometimes including minuting of these meetings. This is likely to include an Annual meeting 2 between BOA Executive and UK Training Programme Directors, and meetings/teleconferencesof the UKITE Editorial Board.
- Administer various schemes and prizes including travelling fellowships, medical student essay prize and international fellowships (ABC, ASG and EFORT); this includes scheme publicity and enquiries, selection process, award/decline letters and post-award follow-up.
- Attend the BOA Annual Congress and provide support as required, for example regarding: meetings and sessions undertaken by the BOA President/Exec, promoting the training/education work of the BOA through involvement in the BOA exhibition stand.
**Systems and Data**:

- Be an 'Expert-user’ of the CRM database, which records information about all members, delegates, events and bookings, and use reports to analyse and cross-check data.
- Undertake tasks to ensure GDPR-compliance within the education/training programme and implementing appropriate data protection practices.
- Ensure that standard policies and processes relevant to training and education programmes are written up, regularly reviewed and kept up-to-date.
- Be involved in updating BOA webpages and contributing content for communications to members and other internal and external communications.
- Provide administrative support in relation to the general work of the department.
**Essential Requirements**:

- Experience of working in a customer-focused environment/appreciation of the expectations and requirements of members, course attendees, etc.
- Experience with use of social media platforms
- Experience of administration relevant to events or educational activities.
- Organisation and Communication skills
- Attention to detail and excellent written skills
- Experience with IT and databases to complete reporting, where required
- GCSE Maths and English and educated to A-Level Standard
- Ability working in a team and independently with time management
- High level of drive and enthusiasm
- Willingness to work flexibly and occasionally be available for evening and weekend work/travel throughout the UK, where necessary.