Apprenticeships Senior Administrator, Onboarding

School/Department Student Experience
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period For 7 Months
Salary Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £26,860 to £30,513 per annum, with potential progression up to £37,701 per annum.
Apply by 15/08/2022

Role Description  

About the Role

This role supports the Apprenticeship Office with its obligations to meet the regulatory and statutory requirements of ESFA and Ofsted, particularly in relation to the onboarding and initial assessment of apprentices, including eligibility and suitability checks.  The postholder will work closely with colleagues in Admissions and Registry and will establish efficient and effective relationships with academic colleagues. The postholder will be frontline in the provision of exemplary customer service, whilst maintaining compliance in a highly regulated environment.

 About You

You will use your exceptional administrative and organizational skills to manage a busy and varied workload. You will be pro-active with an inquisitive mind, keen to find solutions and influence good practice in relation to providing an outstanding apprenticeship experience for our learners and employers. Your ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders will be imperative in this role. This role requires someone who thrives on being organised with exceptional attention to detail and who can keep up with developments in a fast-paced sector.  Experience of ESFA and Ofsted in a Higher Education or Further Education environment would be an advantage. You will work with apprenticeship applicants, employers and academic and professional service staff to ensure that we meet regulatory requirements in relation to onboarding, initial assessment and eligibility checks for Cranfield’s growing apprenticeship portfolio.

 About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here .

The Apprenticeships Office is a high profile team within the University that virtually draws together a wide number of our academic, learner support, administrative and marketing colleagues to provide a single, highly professional, consistent and reliable contact point between employers, learners, end point assessment organisations (EPAO) and external regulators.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here .

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are also committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role.  Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here .

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Lauren Mason, Apprenticeships Planning & Operations Lead, ( E): [email protected]

Interviews to be held week commencing 29 August 2022.