Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Newcastle.
We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Professional Tree Surgery, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness and Uniformed Public Services.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprenticeship Liaison Officer to join our Apprenticeships Department based primarily at our York campus but with a cross College remit. This role will be working 37 hours per week on a permanent basis.
The successful applicant will support employers in their understanding of Apprenticeships and their role in the overall process, with a view to generating apprenticeship learner starts.
They will facilitate the paperwork trail, ensuring effective audit compliance, and support the employer/learner journey from beginning to end.
The role will also involve tracking of learner’s progress in an on-going dialogue with their employer’s and the College delivery team(s).
The successful candidate will have current knowledge relating to Apprenticeship provision and processes and have a demonstrable track record in effective stakeholder engagement.
We define the values and qualities that we require from our people using the Askham Bryan College DNA. Hardwired in to what we do, our DNA strands ensure that all colleagues are committed to delivering with purpose, taking ownership, building relationships through trust and always learning.
The role of the ALO will be to build sustainable relationships with Employers which will focus on generating a pipeline of Apprenticeship roles and effectively recruiting against them.
The post-holder will have targets focussed upon facilitating new Apprenticeship business in specific Curriculum Areas which will mean it is necessary to work across all College Group sites.
The post-holder will support employers in their overall understanding of Apprenticeships, and their role in the process, with a view to generating apprenticeship/learner starts. They will facilitate the paperwork trail, ensuring effective audit compliance, and support the employer/learner journey from beginning to end. The role will also involve tracking of learner’s progress in an on-going dialogue with their employers and the academic delivery team.
Working with the Apprenticeship Manager, the role will include the development of new Apprenticeship Standards and improving, where required, existing apprenticeship programmes based upon learner and employer feedback.
The role will involve working with internal Curriculum Area Managers and academic staff, appropriate external agencies and stakeholders in order to ensure effective, high quality curriculum provision, development, delivery and quality assurance.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Promote Apprenticeship programmes with local employers
Support employers with the recruitment of apprentices, this will include both newly recruited and existing employers.
In consultation with employers and the academic staff, co-ordinate and conduct candidate interviews in order to ensure the suitability of the proposed Apprenticeship Standard (i.e. in relation to the candidate job role).
Co-ordinate the completion of all employer/learner sign up & enrolment documentation inclusive of: Apprenticeship Training Services Agreement; Training Plan; Health & Safety workplace check.
Support Employers with the registration of their Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) account.
Complete the induction review alongside Progress Assessor/Tutor, conduct 12 weekly progress reviews with learners & employers and independently conduct an end point review when on-programme learning elements input have been completed
To monitor overall apprentice progress (via the Onefile e-portfolio portal), learner progress review documentation and satisfaction surveys, identifying instances of insufficient progress, at risk (on non-achievement) metrics, areas of non-compliance and levels of satisfaction.
Keep up-to-date with current national benchmarks, monitor overall Apprenticeship performance (i.e. Apprenticeship Accountability Framework data) in ongoing consultation with the Apprenticeship Manager
To support the development and implementation of new Apprenticeship standards in partnership with the Apprenticeship Manager and Curriculum teams.
Negotiate appropriate entry points for starts throughout the academic year.
To direct and provide support to the Curriculum teams on Apprenticeships overall inclusive delivery and audit compliance requirements.
Work within the Colleges quality assurance framework
Ensure that College and Curriculum Area Health and Safety policies are implemented, including termly Health and Safety checks, and advise and assist the College Health and Safety Manager/Officer as appropriate.
Effectively manage and oversee all processes connected with the smooth registration for and co-ordination of all elements of the learner’s on programme learning, inclusive of the individual certificates of competence.
Act as a primary point of contact for End Point Assessment Organisations (EPAOs) and, with the support of Apprenticeship administration staff, ensure efficient and timely registration, booking and delivery of each element of the End Point Assessments whilst ensuring effective and timely communications of results/outcomes to Apprentices and employers
Supporting College Goals and Values
In addition to the particular requirements and characteristics of individual roles, all people employed by Askham Bryan College are expected to actively support the achievement of the College’s goals and, at all times, both internally and externally, to behave in a manner consistent with the College’s mission and values.
This means:
Performing your role and delivering your service in a way that helps the College achieve its strategic objectives and annual development and improvement plans - taking account of available resources and national developments.
Promoting the image of the College as one that is committed to the highest standards of delivery and service.
Sharing the College’s commitment to safeguarding and prioritising the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and demonstrating it in your day to day work.
Sharing and prioritising the effective implementation of the College’s Equality and Diversity Policy.
Promoting and implementing best practice in Health and Safety,
Measurable Performance Standards for this role
Student satisfaction measures - College and NSS
Safeguarding Statement
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.
Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:
We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as “spent”. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.
Note on “regulated activity”: You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:
Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.
