Learning and Development Apprenticeship officer

About the role

A great opportunity to support the North Northamptonshire council learning and development apprenticeship team with their commitment to providing high quality apprenticeship learning.

Coordinating the contract monitoring of training providers, staying updated on government regulations. Planning and implementing support forums for apprentices, and gathering feedback for continuous improvement. Assisting the procurement process in order to grow the Council’s talent pipeline.

A large part of the role includes being responsible for promoting and supporting apprenticeships at career events within schools and colleges and supporting T levels placements, work experience placements, co-coordinating local partnerships projects and supporting care leavers.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a highly organised individual who will work closely with and provide direct support to the Apprenticeship Learning and Development Manager.

• Responsible for supporting and enabling the apprenticeship contract and quality framework, compliance and regulations

• Ensure tracking of latest regulation updates as released by Government to ensure commissioned apprenticeship providers are meeting the needs of the learner and NNC’s workforce priorities and that programme delivery is effective and compliant.

• Organise and chair NNC apprentice network forums

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with training providers

• Work with the L&D Manager (apprenticeships) to build the apprenticeships

• Monitor and track apprentices’ progress, providing guidance and support as needed.

• Organise in-house training sessions and workshops

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Create and promote inclusive environments and practices where employees can be themselves, are valued for their differences, and be supported to work at their best

• Health and Safety and Risk Management - Ensure that a safe and healthy working environment is maintained. Ensure that risks are identified and action is taken to reduce these.

• Data Protection and GDPR - Ensure Data Protection and GDPR legislation is understood and adhered to in respect of all working practices.

About you

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Sector specific qualifications to a minimum of Level 5 with TAQA/IQA award or equivalent
• 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above (or equivalent)
• Evidence and commitment to CPD

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Proven experience of contract management with external agencies.
• Experience of employer engagement.
• Experience of developing learning and assessment plans.
• Clear working knowledge of Apprenticeship frameworks and Standards.
• Clear knowledge of procurement processes.
• Knowledge of Apprenticeship Levy funding.
• Experience of developing and delivery learning network forums and workshops.
• Experience of gathering, analysing and presenting learner feedback and using this to inform quality assurance and monitoring processes.
• Experience of delivering service improvement in a large complex organisation.

Ability and skills

Essential

• Systematic approach to tasks and problem solving.
• Analytical and diagnostics skills and an eye for critical detail for identifying areas for improvement.
• Able to work effectively to deadlines and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Aptitude and ability to develop and use new skills in ICT
• Ability to collate, manipulate and present data to different audiences
• Personal commitment to supporting equality and diversity in the workplace.
• Personal commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others.
• Commitment to GDPR and Data Protection legislation.

The post will require travel between North Northamptonshire Council Offices as required.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)