Apprenticeship Delivery Manager

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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National Skills Agency Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.