Apprentice Reviewer
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,665 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Warrington, Cheshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Warrington & Vale Royal College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | J72.25 |
Summary
Warrington & Vale Royal College is seeking to appoint an Apprentice Reviewer, who will be responsible for a specified group of apprentices, working in liaison with the Apprentice Coaches, Lecturers and employers to ensure timely reviews, and monitoring the performance of learners throughout their apprenticeships.
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, which includes:
• A competitive salary
• Generous annual leave entitlement (48 days for Business Support Staff, inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas closure days, pro rata for part time)
• Occupational pension scheme
• Employee benefits package
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking
• Full programme of training and mentoring
• Induction programme and buddy scheme
• Flexible working, where appropriate
• Menopause friendly
Where appropriate we will consider flexible working options, such as part time or job share. Please include details of any requests in your supporting statement, and we would be happy to discuss this further at interview.
Job purpose
To be responsible for a specified group of apprentices working in liaison with the Apprentice Coaches, Assessors, Lecturers and employers to ensure timely reviews and monitoring performance of learners through their apprenticeships.
Key responsibilities
• Ensure that all apprenticeship framework/standard requirements, including functional skills have been met and delivered in line with all awarding bodies & funding body guidance, including assessment in the workplace, and that learner progress is effectively tracked to ensure timely and overall completion and to ensure readiness for inspection and audit or end point assessment (EPA) where applicable.
• Manage a caseload of candidates who have started training programmes by monitoring attendance, progression, achievement and completion, organising pastoral support as required and by working with all parties involved in the training programme to resolve any issues that may affect successful completion of programmes.
• Work with relevant internal departments to ensure that all candidates are enrolled and registered on all elements of qualification frameworks, to ensure accurate processing of learning claims in line with contract requirements.
• To ensure initial health and safety vetting and then regular monitoring of all employer premises takes place to ensure that they provide a safe working environment for candidates in accordance with Health and Safety requirements. The Health and Safety team will also be available to provide additional support.
• Liaise with employers to co-ordinate the links between on-off-the-job training, provide regular information on candidate progress, attendance and achievement and monitor the quality of programme delivery through course review and the development of self-assessment reports.
• Ensure learner induction onto the training programmes takes place.
• Ensure that any additional learning support needs have been identified on individual learning plans, training programmes agreed and progression monitored on a regular basis.
• To ensure that Functional Skills has been delivered where required in the work placement.
• To ensure assessment, evaluation and progress reviews take place as appropriate using e-portfolio.
• To ensure regular and purposeful reports to employers, learners and the college to ensure a clear plan of action is in place, which is timely for each learner, and allows completion with agreed target dates.
• Liaise with college staff to maintain learners’ progress and targets in relation to retention, attainment, completion of courses or apprenticeship frameworks where applicable.
• To ensure fully compliant and comprehensive candidate tracking at all times regarding progress and status of learners is current and up to date, and in line with pre-determined progress targets.
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, which includes:
• A competitive salary
• Generous annual leave entitlement (48 days for Business Support Staff, inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas closure days, pro rata for part time)
• Occupational pension scheme
• Employee benefits package
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking
• Full programme of training and mentoring
• Induction programme and buddy scheme
• Flexible working, where appropriate
• Menopause friendly
Where appropriate we will consider flexible working options, such as part time or job share. Please include details of any requests in your supporting statement, and we would be happy to discuss this further at interview.
Job purpose
To be responsible for a specified group of apprentices working in liaison with the Apprentice Coaches, Assessors, Lecturers and employers to ensure timely reviews and monitoring performance of learners through their apprenticeships.
Key responsibilities
• Ensure that all apprenticeship framework/standard requirements, including functional skills have been met and delivered in line with all awarding bodies & funding body guidance, including assessment in the workplace, and that learner progress is effectively tracked to ensure timely and overall completion and to ensure readiness for inspection and audit or end point assessment (EPA) where applicable.
• Manage a caseload of candidates who have started training programmes by monitoring attendance, progression, achievement and completion, organising pastoral support as required and by working with all parties involved in the training programme to resolve any issues that may affect successful completion of programmes.
• Work with relevant internal departments to ensure that all candidates are enrolled and registered on all elements of qualification frameworks, to ensure accurate processing of learning claims in line with contract requirements.
• To ensure initial health and safety vetting and then regular monitoring of all employer premises takes place to ensure that they provide a safe working environment for candidates in accordance with Health and Safety requirements. The Health and Safety team will also be available to provide additional support.
• Liaise with employers to co-ordinate the links between on-off-the-job training, provide regular information on candidate progress, attendance and achievement and monitor the quality of programme delivery through course review and the development of self-assessment reports.
• Ensure learner induction onto the training programmes takes place.
• Ensure that any additional learning support needs have been identified on individual learning plans, training programmes agreed and progression monitored on a regular basis.
• To ensure that Functional Skills has been delivered where required in the work placement.
• To ensure assessment, evaluation and progress reviews take place as appropriate using e-portfolio.
• To ensure regular and purposeful reports to employers, learners and the college to ensure a clear plan of action is in place, which is timely for each learner, and allows completion with agreed target dates.
• Liaise with college staff to maintain learners’ progress and targets in relation to retention, attainment, completion of courses or apprenticeship frameworks where applicable.
• To ensure fully compliant and comprehensive candidate tracking at all times regarding progress and status of learners is current and up to date, and in line with pre-determined progress targets.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.