Learning & Development Apprenticeships Adviser

On a day-to-day basis, you will be working as a member of a five-person team across four organisations to increase the use of Apprenticeship programmes to ensure maximisation of the organisations levy funds. Recommendations and career pathways identified and commissioned must meet organisational and training needs that have a high impact and proven return on investment to make the release of staff worthwhile to the busy directorates within the organisations. It will be the strategic analysis, outstanding recommendations and exemplar stakeholder engagement that will lead to your success within this role.

For any internal applicants this role will be offered on an acting up or secondment basis.

You will provide excellent customer service with focus on strategic use of Apprenticeships to develop “Grow our own”, succession planning, self-development, talent management within designated Directorates you will be supporting.

You will manage stakeholders to ensure collaborative working, clear communications and partnership working with HR colleagues, change managers, Assistant Directors and other learning and development colleagues.

On a regular basis you will conduct Training Needs Analysis, maintaining records of needs, ensuring completion of actions plans and monitoring return on investment as a result of actions completed.

You will be customer focussed, with outstanding presentation skills and clear communication abilities both verbally and written. You will be highly organised in being able to serve multiple customers on a daily basis while ensuring timely customer service is received to progress training needs forwards and ensuring the satisfaction of training provided to your customer.

You will certainly be a team player liaising with procurement and contract management colleagues, HR partners, Change Managers as well as Assistant Directors all within your portfolio of stakeholders. Your ability to work across all levels of the organisational structure is paramount.

Essential to success will be your ability to work smartly and remain focussed.

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.

Our priorities are:

• helping people live active fulfilled lives
• caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
• enabling a thriving and successful economy
• leading on a green and sustainable environment
• ensuring our communities are connected do they can shape their lives and where they live
• providing modern public services

We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.

We offer:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (27 days, rising to 32 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.