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1911 - Apprenticeships Development Officer
| Posting date: | 02 December 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,000 to £44,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Car Allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2024 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Construction Industry Training Board |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1911 |
Summary
Apprenticeship Officer
Location: Scotland, Mobile role covering the Edinburgh area
Salary Range £36,000 - £44,000
Mobile role with regular travel expected from your home base
No office days STC
Car Allowance
CITB is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this position in England and Wales is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and in Scotland to an Enhanced Disclosure and registration to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme through Disclosure Scotland.
Role Purpose:
Responsibility for the recruitment, reviewing, managing progression, learning portfolio management, management, timely achievement of apprentices and learner health, safety and, wellbeing, in compliance with relevant government funding requirements.
Role Accountabilities:
Promotion of Apprenticeships
Recruitment of suitable apprentices to meet the requirements of the area business plan
Including and not limited to:
Through promotion of the apprenticeship offer, work with existing and new employers to help generate vacancies and sign-up apprentices in line with contract allocations and industry demand.
Managing matched and unmatched applicants to employer vacancies
Generating vacancies via wide ranging stakeholder engagement
Increasing the number of suitable applicants to meet the area vacancies through various engagement opportunities.
Recruitment of Apprentices
To ensure apprentices are signed up in accordance with contractual requirements, including:
Pre checks to ensure employer has scope of work to support completion of apprenticeship.
Undertake Initial Assessment, sign up and induction of new apprentices
Accurate completion of all sign-up and paperwork
Workplace health and safety pre-placement vetting
Retaining Apprentices
Take all possible steps to retain and progress learner on programme to attain the highest level of achievement possible, including:
Managing and reporting progress
Conduct regular quality progress reviews
Regular contact and engagement with college on apprentice progress and report back to ADM / relevant colleagues
Accurate RAG rating of apprentices
Agreed and timely interventions to drive achievement
Manage and monitor progress of the learners throughout apprenticeship cycle, agreeing corrective action plan where required.
Progress learners to the next level of apprenticeship where appropriate and available
Make all appropriate interventions to minimise leaver non-achievers.
Timely and accurate submission of paperwork for leavers who leave without achievement
Recording of safeguarding incidents and following procedures as per policy
Identify any learning support to monitor at risk learners, engaging with provider support and signposting where appropriate.
Achievement
Monitor and record milestones towards achievement for all elements of framework or standard and follow through to final certification including:
Progress reviews and college achievement tracking (CAR) and portfolio progress
Support each employer with the mentoring of apprentices and monitoring of training progress, barriers and support needs.
Provide regular updates to employers around learner progress, relating to all aspects of the programme including elements delivered in the training center.
Liaise with trainee, employer and provider where required to support skills test readiness
Celebrate success by ensuring learner are nominated for awards and competitions
Customer Excellence
Communicate with employers on wide range of issues including selling benefits of CITB Apprenticeships, progress reviews, agreeing action plans and related support for apprentices, disciplinary, grievance, safeguarding issues and grants issues.
Effectively dealing with initial internal and external complaints or escalating where necessary in a timely manner
Where required, encourage companies to participate in CITB products in addition to apprenticeships.
Conduct all dealings with internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner
Location: Scotland, Mobile role covering the Edinburgh area
Salary Range £36,000 - £44,000
Mobile role with regular travel expected from your home base
No office days STC
Car Allowance
CITB is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this position in England and Wales is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and in Scotland to an Enhanced Disclosure and registration to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme through Disclosure Scotland.
Role Purpose:
Responsibility for the recruitment, reviewing, managing progression, learning portfolio management, management, timely achievement of apprentices and learner health, safety and, wellbeing, in compliance with relevant government funding requirements.
Role Accountabilities:
Promotion of Apprenticeships
Recruitment of suitable apprentices to meet the requirements of the area business plan
Including and not limited to:
Through promotion of the apprenticeship offer, work with existing and new employers to help generate vacancies and sign-up apprentices in line with contract allocations and industry demand.
Managing matched and unmatched applicants to employer vacancies
Generating vacancies via wide ranging stakeholder engagement
Increasing the number of suitable applicants to meet the area vacancies through various engagement opportunities.
Recruitment of Apprentices
To ensure apprentices are signed up in accordance with contractual requirements, including:
Pre checks to ensure employer has scope of work to support completion of apprenticeship.
Undertake Initial Assessment, sign up and induction of new apprentices
Accurate completion of all sign-up and paperwork
Workplace health and safety pre-placement vetting
Retaining Apprentices
Take all possible steps to retain and progress learner on programme to attain the highest level of achievement possible, including:
Managing and reporting progress
Conduct regular quality progress reviews
Regular contact and engagement with college on apprentice progress and report back to ADM / relevant colleagues
Accurate RAG rating of apprentices
Agreed and timely interventions to drive achievement
Manage and monitor progress of the learners throughout apprenticeship cycle, agreeing corrective action plan where required.
Progress learners to the next level of apprenticeship where appropriate and available
Make all appropriate interventions to minimise leaver non-achievers.
Timely and accurate submission of paperwork for leavers who leave without achievement
Recording of safeguarding incidents and following procedures as per policy
Identify any learning support to monitor at risk learners, engaging with provider support and signposting where appropriate.
Achievement
Monitor and record milestones towards achievement for all elements of framework or standard and follow through to final certification including:
Progress reviews and college achievement tracking (CAR) and portfolio progress
Support each employer with the mentoring of apprentices and monitoring of training progress, barriers and support needs.
Provide regular updates to employers around learner progress, relating to all aspects of the programme including elements delivered in the training center.
Liaise with trainee, employer and provider where required to support skills test readiness
Celebrate success by ensuring learner are nominated for awards and competitions
Customer Excellence
Communicate with employers on wide range of issues including selling benefits of CITB Apprenticeships, progress reviews, agreeing action plans and related support for apprentices, disciplinary, grievance, safeguarding issues and grants issues.
Effectively dealing with initial internal and external complaints or escalating where necessary in a timely manner
Where required, encourage companies to participate in CITB products in addition to apprenticeships.
Conduct all dealings with internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner