Apprenticeship Coordinator

**Science and Technology Facilities Council**

**Salary**: £31,931 per annum

**Hours**: Full time or Part time (minimum 30 hours per week)

**Contract Type**: Open Ended.

**Location**: 1 x position based at Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire
**and **1 x position based at
** **Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington

**Reports to**: Senior Apprenticeship Coordinator (based at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire)

**Job Purpose**

To support delivery of the STFC Apprentice Scheme by:

- Providing pastoral line management to apprentices
- Providing day-to-day support and guidance to managers, supervisors and apprentices
- Acting as an ambassador for STFC’s apprenticeship programme, internally and externally, ensuring that STFC continues to have a strong public profile for apprenticeships
- Supporting a range of projects to deliver and develop the current apprenticeship scheme involving engagement with managers, supervisors and apprentices across STFC, as well as external stakeholders.

**Role Responsibilities**

Line management and day-to-day delivery of apprenticeship programme:

- Provide line management advice, guidance and pastoral support to apprentices
- Retain an overview of apprentice progression and employment throughout the apprenticeship period
- Organise apprentice rotation/placements and liaise with supervisors ensuring compliance with all health and safety and safeguarding policies
- Coordinate apprenticeship programmes to ensure they are fit for purpose; liaise with apprentices, assessors and training providers as appropriate. Sign-post to other training/routes when appropriate. Support for careers events/open days (internal and external) as required.

**Apprenticeship expertise**
- Provide detailed apprenticeship advice, guidance and support to managers and supervisors at STFC as part of the apprenticeship programme

**Project delivery**

Support the Head of STFC Apprenticeships and Senior Apprenticeship Coordinator to deliver a range of projects, ensuring compliance with all health and safety and safeguarding policies (attending/ participating as appropriate):

- Apprentice swap (between RAL and DL) in July/August
- Skern Lodge - 4 day residential outward bound event in August
- Annual awards evenings in November/December
- Recruitment open evenings in February
- Overseas placements

**Key Attributes - Person requirements**

**Qualifications**
- Essential:_
- Level 4 qualifications or equivalent experience
- Desirable:_
- Level 5 qualifications or equivalent experience

**Knowledge and Experience**
- Essential:_
- Knowledge and understanding of UK apprenticeships
- Experience of managing/supporting apprentices and/or those early in their careers
- Desirable:_
- Experience of marketing and recruitment in an education related field

**Personal Skills and Qualities**
- Essential:_
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Strong teamwork skills with an ability to develop collaborative relationships
- Strong oral, written and presentational skills
- Desirable:_
- A patient and empathetic attitude towards people in their early career

**Commitment**

This role will require occasional travel within the UK and Europe, and occasional unsocial hours to engage with schools/training providers/parents/young people and participation in Apprenticeship Team activities such as the apprentice swap, annual awards ceremony at RAL/DL and outward bound week.

**About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)**

As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We’re proud of the impact we make. And we’re committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You’ll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you’ll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you’ll discover just what a difference you can make when you’re equipped and inspired to excel.

We’re a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don’t, ask questions that others won’t, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it’s at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It’s very often ground-breaking. And it’s endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.

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