Widening Participation and Apprenticeship Manager
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Doncaster, DN4 8QN |
| Company: | Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7292034/376-CP-0617 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.
The L&D Senior Leadership Team.
To be successful in the role you will need a strong background in leading apprenticeships and widening participation across a complex organisation and experience in creating innovative programmes in line with our workforce development priorities.
You will need to be passionate about meeting new people, be creative, innovative and have influencing skills. You will need to show resilience and perseverance to encourage senior leaders to adopt new ways of working and realise the full potential and benefits of the widening participation agenda.
This significant role within the learning and development team will provide support and guidance across the organisation acting as a specialist resource at a senior level.
1. SCOPE AND RANGE
This critical role for RDaSH will provide direction, relationship and operational service delivery leadership and management of our widening participation, induction and apprenticeship programmes. The role will take a take a trust lead on the delivery of the strategic and operational objectives to embed and expand our apprenticeship offer, and to support career pathways and maximise the utilisation of the apprenticeship levy.
The post holder will lead on the widening participation agenda by supporting community outreach work, developing meaningful route into careers within RDaSH by partnering with local schools, colleges, and job centres by attending carers fairs, and leading the expansion plans for work experience, T-levels and creating placements and internships to bridge the gap from work experience into employment
The post holder will take a strategic lead in order to develop our trust wide 5 day Corporate Induction and support with workstreams to develop participation across the organisation in educational opportunities.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025
The L&D Senior Leadership Team.
To be successful in the role you will need a strong background in leading apprenticeships and widening participation across a complex organisation and experience in creating innovative programmes in line with our workforce development priorities.
You will need to be passionate about meeting new people, be creative, innovative and have influencing skills. You will need to show resilience and perseverance to encourage senior leaders to adopt new ways of working and realise the full potential and benefits of the widening participation agenda.
This significant role within the learning and development team will provide support and guidance across the organisation acting as a specialist resource at a senior level.
1. SCOPE AND RANGE
This critical role for RDaSH will provide direction, relationship and operational service delivery leadership and management of our widening participation, induction and apprenticeship programmes. The role will take a take a trust lead on the delivery of the strategic and operational objectives to embed and expand our apprenticeship offer, and to support career pathways and maximise the utilisation of the apprenticeship levy.
The post holder will lead on the widening participation agenda by supporting community outreach work, developing meaningful route into careers within RDaSH by partnering with local schools, colleges, and job centres by attending carers fairs, and leading the expansion plans for work experience, T-levels and creating placements and internships to bridge the gap from work experience into employment
The post holder will take a strategic lead in order to develop our trust wide 5 day Corporate Induction and support with workstreams to develop participation across the organisation in educational opportunities.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025
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