Job Detail

Become part of a team responsible for the creation of innovative new courses for learners of all ages from around the world and enjoy the opportunity to participate in all stages of the development and production process from shaping the concept to creating final materials, whether they’re books, notes, videos, online lessons or apps.

The Role

The Academic Project Manager is responsible for scheduling and managing the content creation and publishing process for a broad variety of teaching and learning materials. S/he will report to and work with the VP Academic Content Development to move each project smoothly from general project pipeline, to becoming a fully scheduled active project. The Project Manager will ensure that academic content for end use by teachers and students will pass from concept to creation to delivery to project retrospective smoothly, on time and to budget, while working alongside Editorial and Academic Directors to ensure consistent delivery of the highest possible quality of work.

Responsibilities:

• Project management of the academic writing, quality assurance and editorial stages of development, and handover of content to dependent teams.


• Identification and resolving of issues in process, ongoing implementation of process improvements.


• Creation of project roadmaps and milestones with academic and editorial directors.


• Supervision of content creation team processes, ensuring adherence to schedules, guidelines and requirements.


• Coordination between different stakeholders in the content production process, with regard to timings for schedules and handovers.

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:

• Qualifications and experience in project management


• Great organizational skills


• Strong interpersonal skills


• A natural authority and calm demeanor


• Confidence in managing several parts of a process, and several projects, simultaneously.


• Commitment to delivering on time, at budget and to the highest quality


• Proven experience in maintaining transparency of process and progress


• Stakeholder management skills alongside ability to effectively manage delivery and handovers from independent contractor and in-house teams alike.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary


• Accident insurance


• 25 days paid holiday


• Reimbursement for Swiss travel half pass


• Discounted German lessons


• Discounts at local shops and restaurants


• Bookable free passes for mountains, museums, boats etc.


• Beautiful lakeside listed building as office


• Great office atmosphere with events, talks, happy hours and excursions


• Free coffee/tea in beautiful rooftop terrace canteen.

EF is the world leader in international education. Our mission is to open the world through education, and so far, we have helped over 15 million people learn a language, discover the world or earn an academic degree.

EF EdTech aims to put connectivity, immersion and communication at the centre of all EF products, with focusing on leveraging technology and design to ensure the fastest and most effective way of learning English.

EdTech Academic Design and Content for early and young learners supports the EF Kids and Teens business in providing children and teenagers a uniquely blended learning system, combining the best of online and face-to-face learning for the best experience and results.

EF is an equal opportunities employer and offers a multicultural working environment.