Subject Matter Expert Full Time

Location: Home based (occasional travel to London will be required)

Contract: Full-time or part-time, permanent

Who we are

BPP Professional Education is one of Europe’s leading specialist providers of professional education, delivering a range of industry-leading Professional Qualifications, Professional Apprenticeships, Professional Development programmes and Learning Media. We enjoy a trusted advisor status for many of our clients and institutes and offer professionals opportunities to progress through a variety of qualifications in accountancy, tax, insolvency and banking and finance.

BPP Learning Media is a market leading producer of BPP books, course materials and e-learning materials for students, colleges and bookshops all over the world.

What you’ll do

The SME position involves producing educational materials (creating, updating and technically checking) in accordance with the timescales contained in the production schedule.

SMEs are responsible for the creation, updating and technical checking of their assigned materials which are then prepared for publishing by other Learning Media departments. BPP Learning Media Ltd provide these materials to BPP Professional Education and other external clients for use in their Accountancy and Tax courses and they are also available to purchase through online retailers.

Key Responsibilities include:
Content creation: To write and update educational materials (study texts, course notes, question banks and associated supplementary materials).

Technical checking: To review materials prepared by other SMEs, checking for technical accuracy and style compliance and to provide constructive feedback and suggestions.

Knowledge development: To keep up to date with relevant developments in your profession and your subject specialism, and to contribute to the pool of expertise within BPP Learning Media.

Product quality: To ensure that material produced meets customers’ needs and leads the market in technical and typographical accuracy and educational effectiveness.

Customer service and marketing: To respond promptly and informatively to student and other customer queries and to develop links with key stakeholders, e.g. examiners.

Role requirements

• Teaching or creating content for relevant accountancy / tax qualifications. Due to resourcing requirements, Audit or Tax experience is particularly sought after but applications are welcomed from candidates with any accountancy specialism.
• Delivering high quality outputs to strict deadlines
• Clear, concise and grammatically correct written communication
• Strong organisational skills
• Self-motivated
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word
• Qualified through ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS, CTA or equivalent

What we offer

BPP exists to help people make the most of their talents – just ask the students who study with us every year. We aim to have an equally positive impact on our employees’ careers by providing the culture, career development opportunities and extra benefits to inspire you personally and professionally.

BPP invests heavily in your career development – you will have free access to all of BPP’s courses – from gaining an ACCA accountancy qualification, in-house leadership and management training or wide range of personal and professional development opportunities to a Graduate Diploma in Law, you can take your career in any direction you like.

Add to this a comprehensive benefits package, including 25 days’ holiday, private medical insurance, life assurance, group personal pension plan, childcare vouchers and the cycle to work scheme, and you’ll find the BPP Professional Education Group a great company to work for.