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Resourcing and capacity manager

Hachette UK Limited, City of London

Resourcing and capacity manager

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Hachette UK Limited, City of London

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 days ago, 1 Jan | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 459cda77272942c2ad11090f6c63732e

Full Job Description

  • The job holder will lead a team of editorial staff managing in-house projects as a key part of the Product Delivery team, supporting the Division in the delivery of the product roadmap.
  • The job holder will manage the recruitment, training, resourcing and career development of a team of Editorial Project Managers, and is responsible for ensuring effective, streamlined processes are used throughout.
  • This role will be the departmental point of contact for all resource requests and will determine in-house or out-of-house route. They will manage the division's in-house capacity, allocating new projects to the in-house team, and create and implement processes to support effective resource management.
  • The role is responsible for managing workload and performance to deliver agreed content on schedule, within budget and to appropriate quality.

    The ideal candidate will be an experienced line manager who has managed large teams of editors.
  • They will have managed a variety of complex print and digital products from manuscript to publication, ideally in educational publishing or related field.
  • They will have excellent project management skills, and have extensive experience managing budgets and suppliers.
  • We are looking for someone who has strong capacity management skills, able to resource and oversee multiple products through to publication.
  • They will have proven process improvement skills and have experience in implementing new processes.

    Manage and inspire a team to deliver top-quality, future-proof content for global learning success.
    • Hachette Learning is the home of accessible, future-proofed educational resources where we put students, teachers and parents at the heart of everything we do. Our goal is to help every teacher and learner across the globe to succeed by creating and delivering high-quality content and support. Hachette Learning is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

    Salary : £40,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits),
  • 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
  • Private medical insurance
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Rent deposit loans
  • 2 community days per year
  • Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
  • Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Wide-ranging training library
  • Development programmes (including mentoring)
  • Up to 70% off book purchases
  • A charity bookshelf
  • 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
  • Season ticket loans
  • And much more!
    • Our commitment Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds. If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know. Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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