Apprenticeships Manager

Salary: £26,000 per year

We are currently assisting a provider based in Leeds to recruit an Apprenticeship Manager. The provider is a fast-growing premier provider of accountancy training and apprenticeships. The role has become available due to growth within the business because of increased demand.

The main aim of the role will be to manage, monitor and develop the apprenticeship team whilst reviewing the quality of the apprenticreship programme. Reporting into the operations director, the successful candidate would also act as a nominee during any OFSTED inspection.

Duties and Responsibilities

– Support compliance within legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure compliance with funding rules for all programmes

– Ensure the business is compliant and in full readiness for funding audits on directly funded contracts and sub-contracting arrangements

– Managing sub-contracting relationships

– Involvement in client engagement processes, ensuring contractual terms are compliant and assessing suitability of employers to support apprenticeships

– Negotiating study planners and programmes with employers once apprentices are on programme

– Produce, interpret and understand relevant data reports

– Quality assurance of learner data held ensuring that it is accurate and meets correct funding requirements (ILR)

– Compliance and completion of paperwork quality

– Retain full and up to date awareness of Government Funding and ILR Guidance

– Provide the Leeds management team with a monthly report on all quality and compliance matters

– Assistance in the development, implementation and maintenance of quality systems relating to OFSTED

– Help, advise and implement policies that are OFSTED compliant

– Act as a key contact for OFSTED (OFSTED nominee)

– Help develop and implement strategies to be included within the SAR and QIP

– Ensure observations of teaching, learning and assessment are being undertaken and development points are implemented

– Provide effective team leadership of skills and development for the coaching team

– Oversee EPA process

Skills & Experience Required

– Previous experience of apprenticeship funding

– Experience of PICS/e-portfolio systems highly desirable

– Strong working knowledge of ESFA Funded programmes such as Apprenticeship levy and non-levy

– Experience of managing a team of people

– Experience of preparing/leading within an OFSTED environment

– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to team members, directors and external stakeholders

– Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

– Analytical and questioning mind

– Experience of Microsoft applications is essential