Land Registration Apprenticeship Programme Officer *Updated*
Job summary
We are looking for 2 Land Registration Apprenticeship Programme Officers to join HM Land Registry’s Service Delivery Directorate.
As an Land Registration Apprenticeship Programme Officer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering the Land Registration Apprenticeship Programme.
You will provide operational and administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the scheme, including recruitment, onboarding, secondments, and technical training pathways. This role requires sound judgement, problem‑solving skills, and the ability to analyse data and provide insights to improve programme delivery. You will lead engagement activities with stakeholders, including working closely with secondment areas and liaising with senior stakeholders, support the Apprenticeship Manager in developing the programme’s learning hub and technical training offer, and apply creativity to resolve challenges
Job description
Main Duties
- Day to day management of multiple apprentice cohorts, making tactical decisions on scheduling, prioritising tasks, and resolving logistical issues to ensure the smooth running of the apprenticeship programme
- Apply judgement when balancing apprentice needs against business requirements, for example when negotiating and agreeing secondment dates
- Manage the delivery of each stage of the recruitment process for each apprenticeship cohort, including organisation of the assessment centre days
- Identify risks or issues early and propose practical solutions to the Apprenticeship Manager and the Land Registration Apprenticeships Lead
- Take the lead on designing and delivering bitesize information sessions for internal and external stakeholders, providing clear information on apprenticeship programmes and pathways
- Take the lead in organising apprentice events, including the annual Land Registration Apprenticeships conference and graduations
- Act as a first point of contact for apprentices, responding promptly to queries and signposting support
- Liaise with internal teams (LR Academy, Service Delivery, HR) and external training providers to ensure smooth delivery of placements and learning
- Maintain and monitor apprentice progress, ensuring accurate tracking of milestones and outcomes
- Communicating regularly with secondment leads across HMLR and facilitate engagement sessions with line managers to ensure a joined-up approach across placements and training
- Prepare reports and dashboards with insights for senior stakeholders and SMT meetings
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the LR Apprenticeship programme by recommending changes based on evidence and feedback
- Maintain and monitor resourcing data (e.g., secondment capacity, technical training availability) to inform strategic decisions on which programmes to host, where, and when, based on organisational resourcing needs and future cohort planning
- Work closely with the Apprenticeship Manager to support the development hub and technical training pathways
- Contribute ideas and assist in implementing initiatives that help achieve the programme’s strategic aims
- Draft clear and engaging content for internal updates around the Land Registration Apprenticeship which includes briefing and newsletters
- Provide support for end-point assessments working with internal stakeholders and CILEX
- Ensure compliance with apprenticeship standards and Civil Service-learning frameworks
For more information, please see the attached Job Description.
Person specification
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following throughout the recruitment process.
Essential Experience:
- Experience supporting apprenticeship or learning programmes
- Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail
- Ability to analyse data and present insights clearly
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
- Problem-solving skills and ability to adapt creatively when challenges arise
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and event coordination
Desirable Experience:
- Knowledge of apprenticeship frameworks and end-point assessment processes
Please note that desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of high application numbers and/or as a tiebreaker.
Where an individual taking up the role will work from the Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £32,119, HM Land Registry contributes £9,304 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.To apply, please complete the online application form, which includes your CV and personal statement.
Please copy and paste your CV onto the online application form, detailing your qualifications and work history. The CV will be assessed against the essential experience criteria below:
- Experience supporting apprenticeship or learning programmes
If your CV does not meet the above criteria, then your personal statement may not be scored.
The Personal Statement section (in no more than 1000 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the following essential experience criteria below. Please give up to 250 words per criteria:
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail
• Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively
• Ability to analyse data and present insights clearly
In the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to conduct an initial sift against the lead criteria. Candidates who do not demonstrate this criteria may not progress to the full sift:
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual blended interview in September 2026. Further details will be provided on your invite.
The blended interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the Job Description, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage may be invited to attend an interview. If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
HM Land Registry operates a hybrid working arrangement and we expect colleagues to typically spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.Visa Sponsorship - Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category.
This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Prashant Raja
- Email : Prashant.Raja@landregistry.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/Attachments
Job Description Opens in new window (pdf, 191kB)Salary range
- £32,119 per year