Skills Bootcamp Programme Manager

Job description

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 desireable
• 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.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

23-09-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English