Academy Team Lead (9 Month FTC)

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About the role

What we're all about.

Do you ever have the urge to do things better than the last time? We do. And it’s this urge that drives us every day. Our environment of discovery and innovation means we’re able to create deep and valuable relationships with our clients to create real change for them and their industries. It’s what got us here – and it’s what will make our future. At Quantexa, you’ll experience autonomy and support in equal measures allowing you to form a career that matches your ambitions. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 47 nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all.

We're heading in one direction, the future. We’d love you to join us.

The opportunity.

The Quantexa Academy is a key contributor to driving the self-sufficiency and enablement of Quantexa's customers and partners. We achieve this through online learning, instructor-led training and practical technical programmes that help Quantexa users configure, use and implement our award-winning Decision Intelligence Platform. We are looking for someone to join our Academy Team Lead team on a nine-month maternity cover, delivering high-quality technical learning experiences for our colleagues, customers and partners.

In this fixed-term maternity cover role, you will deliver engaging face-to-face and online training, support learners with technical and learning queries, assess learner work and contribute to the continued development of the Academy's technical curriculum. You will act as a key interface between the Academy, learners, clients and partners, working closely with colleagues across Education Services, Cloud, Delivery, Solution Engineering, Technology Account Partners and Alliances.

The work

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide timely learner support through online sessions and digital channels, including troubleshooting technical issues and delivering live code demonstrations.
• Evaluate learner projects and assessments, applying fair and consistent marking criteria and providing timely, constructive feedback.
• Plan and conduct viva assessments for assigned learners, including where further validation of learner understanding is required.
• Detect and address plagiarism and inappropriate use of AI in learner submissions in line with Academy processes.
• Deliver engaging face-to-face and online technical training sessions, ensuring high levels of learner participation and satisfaction.
• Support the maintenance and improvement of training code, technical environments and program setup, resolving general bugs and issues.
• Collect and act on learner feedback to support the continuous improvement of Academy programs and learning experiences.
• Collaborate with the Training and LMS Administrator to support the smooth delivery and administration of training programs.
• Contribute to the creation and ongoing development of technical education programs, curriculum content and communications for Quantexans, customers and partners.
• Work with Cloud and Delivery teams on VDI setup, issue resolution, data engineer enablement and alignment of assessment criteria with delivery requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the Design and Publish Pillar and contribute to projects and initiatives across Education Services.

Also

What you’ll bring

Also

Essential

• Strong knowledge of data processing pipelines and big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop and Elasticsearch, alongside proficiency in Scala, Java, Python or other object-oriented languages.
• Experience delivering engaging technical training and live coding in both face-to-face and online environments, with the ability to explain complex concepts to learners of varying experience levels.
• Experience assessing technical projects and conducting viva assessments, providing constructive feedback and identifying plagiarism or inappropriate use of AI.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-