Apprenticeship Skills Coach Team Lead

This post is permanent and full time, working 35 hours per week 

The Quality and Standards Office plays a key role in the development of the University’s quality assurance and academic regulatory frameworks, including the approval, monitoring and review of courses. It also provides a Committee Secretariat function and supports the University’s three Colleges in meeting their responsibility for quality assurance, academic standards and governance. 

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual to join the University to manage a team of Skills Coaches to ensure that all progress reviews are undertaken in line with the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) requirements, in addition to undertaking a case load of progress reviews with apprentices and their employer. 

We deliver a range of higher and degree apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate level (Level 4 to Level 7) supporting various sectors including construction, real estate, planning and healthcare, some of which lead to a professionally accredited qualification across three Schools. The candidate will bring their knowledge of industry to at least one of our apprenticeship programmes.

The candidate will lead and support Skills Coaches to conduct consistently high-quality progress reviews that support apprentices to progress on the apprenticeship in line with the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) of the apprenticeship standard. In addition to ensuring the standard of reviews meets the requirements of ESFA and Ofsted, the postholder will support the implementation and ongoing review and development of the progress review framework.

The candidate will work with professional and academic staff as well as employers to support the delivery of high-quality reviews.  To be effective in this role, you will need to possess leadership skills and the ability to line manage and motivate colleagues; confidence in exercising independent professional judgement when making decisions, and the ability to bring your knowledge of industry to our apprenticeship programmes, working with apprentices to support them to progress throughout the apprenticeship on at least one of the apprenticeship standards we deliver.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

To apply for this vacancy please click above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through link below. 

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders. 

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

Closing date: midnight on 18 April 2024

Interviews are likely to be held on: 29 April 2024