Apprenticeship Advisor

**Role**:Apprenticeship Adviser

**Location**:Blackburn, BB1 2FA

**Hours**:Full-Time / Permanent

**Salary**:£26,500

**Who are EG Group?**

EG Group is a leading global independent fuel station and convenience retail operator with operations at over 5,600 sites across Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and Australia.

The Group has enjoyed significant growth, with 2019 revenues in excess of €20bn (surpassing €25bn including the full year impact of acquisitions). The Group provides grocery, merchandise, fuel and food service to consumers through partnerships with globalbrands including Starbucks, Subway, Spar, Greggs, KFC and Burger King.

**What will my role look like?**

EG Group have an opportunity available for an Apprenticeship Adviser In this role you will be an ambassador for Euro Garages Apprenticeship Academy within the EG Centre of Excellence and will be key to supporting EG Group, Head of Learning and ApprenticeshipManager with all aspects of EG apprenticeship offer. This will include working with all business areas to support, develop, evaluate and continually improve own area of responsibility within the EG Apprenticeship offer, utilising the Apprenticeship levy inaccordance with the EG Apprenticeship Strategy.

You will drive, monitor and review all learning engagement, in your designated area, to ensure a continuous apprenticeship talent pipeline matches the future capability needs of the business and ensures compliance with internal policy, funding bodies, thirdparty suppliers and all stakeholders.

**What would my main responsibilities be?**
- Be available between core hours (normally 9:00am to 5.00pm)
- Support EG Group Apprenticeship Manager to manage the relationship with all relevant external parties including training providers, assessment and quality bodies and government agencies
- To engage with EG Apprenticeship Academy and other education providers /agencies to ensure promotion of Apprenticeship opportunities
- Help manage department / provider relationship to create the conditions that allow them to perform at their best, promoting their development, and ensuring the provision of an excellent support service
- Manage relationship with external professional bodies, promote apprenticeships to fully engage third party suppliers and all stakeholders ensuring a collaborative approach
- Influence and build relationships internally and externally, with managers and colleagues, to achieve desired objectives and support high quality service delivery to ensure all participants on programme are involved in pro-active mechanisms that supporttheir development
- Routinely generate reporting from engagement / coaching / learning data for Apprenticeship Manager, and other audiences, of the programme, project, initiative, Private Training Provider and third partner organisations
- Manage delivery of work within area, in line with relevant policies and procedures, to ensure the agreed KPIs and performance objectives are achieved
- Ensure documentation related to learning programmes is completed to standards expected by EG, Ofsted, ESFA and internal / external agencies for audit / inspection
- Liaise with Site/Area Manager/HR Business Partners, external agencies and third party suppliers to align activity to their needs and support Managers with recruiting, selecting and on-boarding of learners by providing accurate IAG and gathering informationfrom prospective participants ensuring right provision
- Participate in weekly meetings and generate reporting as required; attend and participate in monthly management meetings and report back regularly cascading all relevant information to team/Site/Area Managers and HR Business Partners as appropriate
- Generate reporting as required by Apprenticeship Manager / business for a range of audiences
- As and when required to support wider L&D, HR projects / initiatives under guidance of Apprenticeship Manager

**Got what it takes?**
- Degree, professional qualification or equivalent level by experience, as relevant to the role
- Significant experience in area of supplying IAG in a learning context
- Ability to analyse and interpret data for a range of purposes
- Strong communication skills and the ability to present data and concepts to influence a range of stakeholders
- Strong presentation skills across the disciplines of textual, verbal and visual communication to a wide range of audiences to internal / external stakeholders and third party suppliers
- Ability to understand business requirements and provide a specialist impartial advice and service
- Ability to recognise opportunities for improvement and experience, inputting into process design

**What’s in it for me?**

EG Cares is our benefits & rewards scheme, it’s our way of saying thank you to our EG family in recognition of the continued support and commitment you deliver every day.
- Free parking
- Employee Discounts
- Competitive Annual Leave
- Waterside Cafe
- Work Anniversary Awards
- Recognition Rewards
- Progression & Career Opportunities
- Learning & Development
- Compassionate Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service
- Join our EG family