Apprentice & Graduate Programmes Planner

Apprentice & Graduate Programmes Planner (Major Programmes)

**Location**:
York, GB

**Department Name**:
IN TRU - HR (457101) G2

**About Network Rail**:
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Key Information_**

**Salary**:Circa £27,000 per annum dependent on experience

**Location**:York George Stephenson House

**Contract**:Permanent

**28 days annual leave + bank holidays**

**_ Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets_**

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Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit, we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us_**_, whilst you have a healthy work life balance._**

**About Network Rail**

Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic - and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it.

We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.

We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation

Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.

We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.

In being a part of Network Rail, you’re not only part of an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

We have an exciting opportunity to join **Transpennine Route Upgrade** as **Apprentice & Graduate Programmes Planner (Major Programmes)**

**Transpennine Route Upgrade**:
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.

Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.

**Brief Description**:
To manage and coordinate the administrative arrangements for various apprenticeship and graduate programmes taking place across the major programme, and work alongside the programme supply chain partners to effectively support apprentices and graduates working on the programme.

To be the primary contact for queries and feedback from line managers, apprentices, mentors, and training providers.

**About the role (External)**:
**Some of the key accountabilities of this role are**:
1. Manage the administrative arrangements for various apprenticeship and graduate programmes taking place across the major programme to enable all elements of each programme to be effectively completed by each apprentice and graduate.

2. Coordinate and provide the support required for the recruitment and onboarding of apprentices and graduates, working closely with the Network Rail and supply chain partner’s Resourcing teams.

3. Manage the monitoring of apprentice and graduate performance across the programme, not limited to those employed via Network Rail, in conjunction with their respective training providers, such that accurate performance progress records are maintained.

4. Maintain regular contact with apprentices, graduates, line managers and mentors to understand their experiences within the major programme, providing pastoral support where necessary and escalating issues to key contacts within the programme or the relevant supply chain partner’s HR team.

5. Co-ordinate the purchasing and provision of any key resources and equipment apprentices and graduates require, working alongside Network Rail and supply chain partner’s HR teams.

6. Co-ordinate the collation of stakeholder feedback to support the ongoing review and development of apprenticeship and graduate programmes, and work with the apprentice and graduates’ programmes manager and training providers to resolve or escalate issues as appropriate.

7. Maintain records of training and development activities undertaken by apprentices and graduates, to demonstrate that the required levels of competency are achieved.

8. Collate regular updates upon the progress of apprentices and graduates, to be shared with the major programme senior leadership team.

9. Co-ordinating timetables, schedules, rotations and inductions for the apprentices and graduate population

**We need you to have**:

- Successful experience of supporting the delivery of learning and development initiatives and projects
- Excell