Find are delighted to be supporting a Nottingham based, well-established leading training organisation to hire an Apprenticeship Team Leader to join their growing team.
Our client provide a range of employment related training including Full Time Programmes, Apprenticeships, Employability, Adult Learning Loans and work
experience opportunities for adults and young people from diverse backgrounds, that will enhance individuals’ employment potential and qualifications.
Working from our clients office in Nottingham, this role involves leading and managing the team responsible for the assessment and delivery of qualifications across Business Admin, Customer Service, Adult care, Construction, Team Leading and Management.
You will work closely with the Operations Director to meet company standards/expectations for all assessment methods and procedures, maintain high standards of teaching and learning through quality assurance
and performance monitoring activities.
There will be a focus on raising the achievement of all learners, reinforcing the company’s high expectations of learners regardless of their level and results. To ensure that they have stretching targets that maintain their motivation, focus on the challenges ahead, and encourage lifelong learning.
Salaried up to £34,232 PA with 26 days annual leave and a 35 hour working week, this is a fantastic opportunity to play a crucial role for a growing and sustainable provider.
Main responsibilities:
Allocate learners to the team, ensuring a fair distribution of work and targets are met.
To maintain own agreed caseload working, within the requirements of the Trainer Assessor role as required.
Embed Access Training’s values throughout delivery and training/assessment teams
Support Trainer Assessors to ensure learners are making sufficient progress for timely achievement and that support is tailored to individual learners ensuring all learners reach their maximum potential and achieve all parts of their Standard in a timely manner
Conduct monthly one-to-ones with each staff member, recording and reviewing targets on Scorecards.
Undertake return-to-work interviews with absent staff and approve annual leave requests.
Liaise with the Operations Director where issues or concerns are identified and support them in ensuring that any corrective action is undertaken so that the staff member makes the required improvement.
To carry out IQA processes including planning and conducting sampling of portfolios, observations of teaching/learning and assessment in the workplace, and standardisation/team meetings.
To support Trainer Assessors with the training/assessment process through mentoring and carrying out workplace visits planned and unplanned.
To plan for and facilitate External Quality Assurance visits.
To support Trainer Assessors and learners with the embedding of Functional Skills.
To provide learner progress data and reports to employers in an agreed format and frequency. Applicants must have:
Experience in leading/managing and motivating a team.
Significant recent experience in assessing and quality-assuring apprenticeship qualifications.
Sufficient occupational experience required to qualifications.
An assessor and IQA award.
Self-motivated and able to cope under pressure.
Excellent communicational skills.
Hold English and maths qualifications at level 2 or above (or equivalent).
Excellent IT skills (conversant with Microsoft Office and social media).
Driving licence and own transport. Applicants will ideally have:
A relevant teaching qualification
Vocational experience in Business skills, Adult social care or Construction