Head of Apprenticeships and Widening Participation

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
• Hold accountability for the Trust's apprenticeship strategy and successful implementation across the Trust
• Strive to ensure maximum return from the Trust's apprenticeship levy through continuous promotion of apprenticeship offerings
• Partner with managers in key professions such as finance, IT, Estates and Facilities to increase the take up of apprenticeships for existing staff members and create apprenticeship job roles and pathways for entry-level staff.
• Maintain awareness of national and regional policy in relation to apprenticeships and widening participation, communicating and implementing changes at trust level as and when required.
• Work closely with the SWL integrated care board and counterparts in other local employers to develop the apprenticeship offer across the region, identifying areas for partnership working,

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Education to post-graduate level or qualified by demonstrable experience in a directly comparable role

Desirable criteria

• CIPD or education qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in a senior workforce, L&D or education role
• Experience in leading on apprenticeship provision within a medium or large organisation
• Experience in managing apprenticeship recruitment campaigns
• Experience in creating close partnerships with apprenticeship providers to improve the content, structure and quality of apprenticeship programmes
• Experience in writing high-quality reports including statistical analysis
• Demonstrable experience in influencing senior leaders to change practice and adopt new approaches
• Experience creating impactful marketing campaigns
• Experience of people management
• Experience of partnering with internal and external stakeholders to deliver workforce projects

Desirable criteria

• Experience running work experience schemes
• Experience in running recruitment or career promotion events
• Experience creating work placement schemes or internships

Skills

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of rules and regulations that govern the apprenticeship levy and the provision of Apprenticeship-based learning
• Knowledge of best practice approaches in attracting new talent and creating routes into employment
• Effective interpersonal skills with particular ability to persuade and influence senior leaders
• Ability to be creative in approaches to marketing apprenticeship offers
• Knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion indicators and how widening participation initiatives can contribute to these
• Ability to work with data and carry out statistical analysis in order to inform approaches
• Ability to act as an internal consultant, using inquiry-based approaches to understand the business need and develop solutions
• Ability to manage projects

Desirable criteria

• Ability to deliver presentations
• Knowledge of apprenticeship employment contracts and governance for work experience and placement schemes

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 536.3KB)
• Job features form (PDF, 128.6KB)
• Royal Marsden Trust Values (PDF, 715.5KB)
• Workplace Wellbeing and Rewards Guide (PDF, 1.2MB)