Apprentice Liaison Officer

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is an employment-focused university, dedicated to ensuring students from diverse backgrounds develop the academic knowledge and practical skills to thrive.

We offer innovative teaching, state-of-the-art equipment and superb support across a wide range of learning locations and courses.

Location: Flexible location with travel

Full and part time opportunities are available

We care about our students. Central to our vision is the promotion and embedding of a dual-sector educational system which educates learners of all ages and backgrounds.

Recognised for our friendliness, UWTSD ranked 1st in the UK for Courses and Lecturers in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2020.

The University is proud of its achievements in relation to the establishment, development and delivery of Apprenticeship provision and is committed to continuing these developments in the future.

The Apprenticeship Unit in UWTSD is a new and growing department within the university, based within the Wales Institute for Science and Art, but supporting in the region of 800 Higher and Degree Apprentices in disciplines across the university.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to join a team of highly motivated and dedicated people to support employers and their apprentices in agreed key sectors.

As an Apprentice Liaison Officer, you will recruit, mentor and develop Apprentices throughout their academic and work-based learning programmes. You will provide the link between employers, Apprentices and the UWTSD academic delivery team; provide pastoral and tutorial support to Apprentices; supervise and assess work-based projects, competency based portfolios and dissertations within an agreed key sector (Engineering, Applied Computing, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) or Architecture & Design) for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships.

You should have excellent interpersonal skills, significant experience in engineering, architecture & design, OME or applied computing and be enthusiastic to join a proactive team.  You will be a good communicator, have excellent attention to detail and a broad range of digital skills.  You will also need to have experience of working on employer-responsive initiatives, work-based learning or Apprenticeship programmes and have a good knowledge of approaches to raise awareness/understanding of Apprenticeships.