Apprenticeship Training Manager

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The Apprenticeship Training Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing and managing the apprenticeship programs.  This position involves leading and managing a team of skills coaches and tutors to ensure the timely delivery of apprenticeship programs maintaining high quality provision. This role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, external partners, employers, and apprentices to ensure the success of all apprenticeship programs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in post 16 education and a proven history of successfully managing a remote team.

Main duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the operational delivery of Apprenticeship programmes across your team.
• Where applicable, manage the operational delivery of parallel programmes such as both funded and commercial Diploma only courses
• Manage, drive, and improve performance of a team of skills coaches ensuring clear objectives are set and managed.
• Challenge performance with skills coaches to drive improvements to KPIs relating to; timely achievement rates, qualification achievement rates, withdrawals, learners passed planned end date, progress reviews and off the job hours.
• Support the implementation and review of timely interventions with Skills Coaches, Apprentices, and employers to improve KPIs, reduce business risk and improve apprentice outcomes.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of skills coaches, providing guidance and support to enhance their professional development and performance.
• Working alongside the quality team, support the continuous improvement, quality, and effectiveness of teaching, learning and assessment practices.
• Co-ordinate, in conjunction with the quality team and associated IQAs, the delivery of the CPD training plan for the team to ensure the skills coaches are making appropriate progress against their vocational and pedagogical competency for their role, including behaviours and attitudes, coaching, and mentoring.
• Work in collaboration with the senior leadership team to drive forward key strategic objectives including qualification achievement rates and timely qualification achievement.
• Oversee the planning and execution of apprenticeship programs, ensuring they meet the needs and expectations of our employers.
• Manage the timely delivery and progress of all component elements of a learner's programme, including embedded diplomas and functional skills where applicable.
• Manage the team to close out IQA actions in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with skills coaches and employers to actively engage with apprentices, ensuring they remain motivated and on track throughout their training.
• Address any issues or concerns promptly.
• Organise and deploy Skills Coach resources and allocate new starts effectively and in a timely manner to ensure maximum caseload efficiency and to maximise service levels
• Monitor the evidence packs/contractual paperwork required across apprenticeship programmes, ensuring Skills Coaches produce compliant evidence.
• Work closely with Business Development Managers to forecast completions and support effective recruitment of apprentices.
• Provide guidance and assistance in resolving challenges that may arise between skills coaches, learners, and employers, working to find mutually beneficial solutions.
• Lead and support the team to ensure high quality delivery in line with ESFA Funding Rules/Audit/Ofsted
• Generate reports on programme performance, learner progress, timely achievements, early withdrawals, learners passed planned end date and progress reviews and report to the senior leadership team.
• Use data-driven insights to make informed strategic decisions and improvements.
• Foster positive relationships with employers, apprentices, and other key stakeholders.
• Carry-out regular one to one staff performance reviews/supervisions. Drive timely completion of resulting action plans.
• Manage the new staff induction process ensuring new staff members are fully inducted into the Company including all policies, processes, and procedures applicable to new staff job roles.

Person Specification

• Experience working within the post 16 education sector.
• Experience of Ofsted regulations and inspections
• Sound knowledge and application of RQF/technical qualifications and Apprenticeship Standards within the subject sector areas occupationally experienced and competent to deliver
• Experience of facilitating and managing learning