Apprenticeship Coordinator Level 4 Apprentice
New College Swindon
Swindon, SN2 1DY
Closes in 18 days (Sunday 2 February)
Posted on 13 January 2025
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Summary
Our Apprenticeships team are offering a 16 month apprenticeship to join them as an Apprenticeships Coordinator while studying the Level 4 Learning & Skills Mentor Apprenticeship. You will develop your key communication skills, provide first class pastoral support to our apprentices and refine your approach to monitoring and mentorship.
- Annual wage
- £23,094 a year
- Training course
- Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday
8.30am- 5pm
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Saturday 15 February
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Working with an Apprenticeship team this role will provide an effective and successful key account management service to support the College’s Apprenticeship provision.
The role is the first point of contact for employers and those interested in undertaking an apprenticeship programme, and will provide an effective customer service to meet the needs of these key College
customers.
Responsible for a caseload of employers and learners in specific sectors, the role will be focused on ensuring effective recruitment, enrolment, on programme experience and successful completion.
Working effectively with curriculum delivery staff this post will ensure that all programme elements, including funding, audit and Ofsted requirements, are adhered to, and apprenticeship achievement and funding targets are fully met.
Pre-Sign Up
- Liaise with Curriculum Staff to produce an accurate costing of each Apprenticeship Standard for the Training agreement and record this in the Training Services Agreement
- Discuss any Apprentice prior knowledge or experience with the Apprentice and Assessor if required as identified within the Apprentice Skill Scan
- Liaise with Curriculum Managers to produce a % reduction for each of the knowledge skills and behaviours to incorporate in the Apprentice Skills scan
Sign Up of Employers and Apprentices
- Ensure the Employer and the Apprentice are fully aware of their responsibilities listed in the Training Plan
- Complete Health and Safety checklists and obtain evidence of employer liability insurance
- Check the Apprentices prior English and maths and agree a date with the employer and apprentice for Functional Skills training if required
Recruitment of Employers and Apprentices
- Contact existing employers to promote apprenticeship provision to grow the College apprenticeship numbers and respond to new employer enquiries
- Attend the college and school open events to educate year 10-13 pupils, parents and adults about apprenticeships, promote the College apprenticeship provision and provide potential apprentices with information, advice and guidance
- Attend Full Time classes to promote apprenticeships to the full-time students and discuss current vacancies and employers
On Programme Support for Apprentices and Employers
- Provide outstanding support to the apprentice and employer throughout the apprenticeship programme
- Check attendance of apprentices at the start of the lesson and chase and non-attendance
- Report non-attendance to the employer within the College’s Service Level Agreement
Quality & Compliance
- Undertake monthly audits of sign-up paperwork to ensure they meet the ESFA funding, audit and Ofsted requirements
- Liaise with the MIS team to ensure timely processing of all paperwork, including starts, changes in circumstance and completions
- Ensure all achievements are recorded on the ILR and follow up any discrepancies in data whilst reviewing the PAR data
Full job description available via the link to apply below
Where you’ll work
North Star Campus
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1DY
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
Your training course
Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
Your training plan
- You will learn both on the job and through taught sessions at New College Swindon
- Skills, Knowledge and behaviours as set out in the standard for the Learning and Skills Mentor Level 4 Apprenticeship
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- maths and English (grade 9-4 or A-C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
- To apply for this role, you will need to have good Microsoft skills, excellent communication in all aspects and a willingness to learn. - This role will be starting in February-March 2025.Please note that this vacancy may close before the published closing date if sufficient applications are received so if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible. - To apply, you MUST have Right to Work in the UK. - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. - You will need to pass an Advanced DBS check
About this company
New College Swindon has a thriving and substantial apprenticeship provision for around 1,000 apprentices across 28 apprenticeship Standard areas. Welcome to our vibrant, dynamic and innovative college. We are committed to providing the best teaching, learning, facilities, enrichment and development opportunities for all of our students. Our belief in ‘One College for Swindon’ gives all students in Swindon and the surrounding areas access to high quality teaching and learning. Whether you want to start your career, get a university place, secure a promotion or find a new hobby, we can help.
https://www.newcollege.ac.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days holiday entitlement, 21.7% College pension contribution to LGPS, health care cash plan, free car parking, discounted Hair & Beauty, on-site gym, staff development & training, Sodexo Retail Discount Scheme, and more!
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time position as An Apprenticeship Coordinator
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
Tonia Hoskins
Tonia.Hoskins@newcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295921.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Sunday 2 February)
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Company’s application instructions
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