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Job Title: Apprenticeship Delivery Manager
Location: Surrey (Centre Based)
Salary: Up to £50k
National Skills Agency is delighted to be supporting a leading apprenticeship and skills provider in the recruitment of an experienced Apprenticeship Delivery Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and quality-focused Apprenticeship Delivery Manager to lead a team of Skills Coaches and Assessors, driving learner achievement, quality improvement and operational excellence across apprenticeship delivery.
Role Purpose
* Lead and manage a team of Skills Coaches, Assessors and IQAs.
* Drive learner achievement, timely completions and successful EPA outcomes.
* Work closely with Quality and Operations teams to ensure high standards of delivery.
* Support curriculum planning, quality assurance and continuous improvement activities.
* Ensure compliance with ESFA, Ofsted, Safeguarding, Prevent and internal quality requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead, motivate and performance manage the Skills Coach team.
* Monitor learner progress, reviews, gateway readiness and achievement.
* Support the development of learning resources, schemes of work and training plans.
* Ensure off-the-job training requirements are met and evidenced.
* Support employers, mentors and apprentices throughout the learner journey.
* Conduct observations, quality reviews, OTLAs and standardisation activities.
* Manage team workloads, capacity planning and diary management.
* Produce management reports and learner performance data for senior leadership.
* Participate in recruitment, onboarding and development of delivery staff.
Quality & Compliance
* Maintain full compliance with quality assurance systems and procedures.
* Support internal verification and preparation for external quality assurance activity.
* Ensure safeguarding, Prevent, British Values and Equality & Diversity are embedded throughout delivery.
* Monitor learner and employer satisfaction and implement improvement plans where required.
* Drive achievement, retention and timely completion performance.
Skills & Experience
* Experience managing apprenticeship delivery teams.
* Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards, gateway and EPA requirements.
* Knowledge of Ofsted, ESFA funding rules and quality assurance frameworks.
* Excellent coaching, mentoring and leadership skills.
* Strong organisational, reporting and stakeholder management abilities.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
Key Performance Indicators
* EPA success rates.
* Timely achievement and retention.
* Learner and employer satisfaction.
* Quality assurance compliance.
* Observation of teaching, learning and assessment outcomes.
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