Head of Apprenticeships
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About the Role:
Are you a dynamic and inspiring leader with a passion for apprenticeships and building strong, collaborative relationships with employers? Hart Learning & Development might have the perfect opportunity for you if:
- You’re an enthusiastic and committed apprenticeship or curriculum manager, dedicated to driving outstanding outcomes for learners and employers alike.
- You can bring learning programmes to life, engaging and motivating apprentices while ensuring they gain the skills needed by today’s and tomorrow’s industries.
- You thrive on working strategically—shaping the long-term vision for apprenticeship delivery, identifying emerging opportunities, and ensuring our offer remains agile and aligned with employer needs and national policy.
- You’re skilled at working collaboratively with employers, co-designing apprenticeship programmes that respond to real-world workforce development challenges and help build future talent pipelines.
- You have a passion for teaching and learning quality and share our determination to deliver consistently outstanding apprenticeships that exceed expectations.
- You embrace innovation and continuous improvement, staying ahead of sector trends and ensuring our provision remains responsive, competitive, and impactful.
- You excel at using data and insights to drive performance, quality, and growth, ensuring that every apprentice—and every employer—benefits from a high-quality experience.
In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in driving forward our strategic vision for apprenticeships, ensuring they remain innovative, commercially viable, and aligned to the needs of employers and the communities we serve. Join us at this exciting stage of growth to help shape the future of education and workforce development in these critical sectors.
About the Organisation:
Hart Learning & Development, part of North Hertfordshire College, delivers apprenticeships, adult and professional programmes across the region and nationally. We specialise in Health, Business, Construction Trades, Management, and Professional Courses, serving clients from national employers like John Lewis Partnership and Lloyds Banking Group to local SMEs. Our team of 50 staff generates an annual turnover of £5 million.
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Contributory pension scheme
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Main Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop apprenticeship provision in line with the Group’s strategic plans.
- Oversee all aspects of apprenticeship operations, ensuring efficient and effective processes that support business performance.
- Ensure high-quality experiences for learners and employers throughout the apprenticeship journey, from recruitment to end-point assessment.
- Oversee funding and performance management, ensuring compliance with funding rules and successful audit outcomes.
- Foster and develop strong employer relationships, including key national levy-paying clients, leading our Account Management team.
- Manage relationships with key external stakeholders, such as EPAOs and provider network groups.
- Lead a team of programme managers and tutors delivering apprenticeships regionally and nationally.
- Develop a creative, client-responsive, and commercially viable apprenticeship offer.
- Oversee apprenticeship administration, using data to drive achievement rates and revenue growth.
- Collaborate with the Business Development Manager topipeline and inform sales strategy.
- Lead an adult learning portfolio.
- Lead the development of a cohesive regional skills portfolio by linking apprenticeships with other provision types, such as Skills Bootcamps and adult learning, in alignment with key strategic priorities.
General duties
- To contribute to the effective management and promotion of equality and diversity
- To work in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act, ensuring the College is a safe environment for staff, students and visitors.
- To promote with staff and students the importance of safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults they are responsible for and come into contact with.
- To work at all times in accordance with North Hertfordshire College’s policies and procedures.
- To carry out such duties as may be required from time to time by the college that are appropriate to the grade of the post
This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties attached to the post and is not an inflexible specification.
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