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We are looking for a pro-active candidate to join our learning and development team, read more below…

Salary: £43,516 to £46,549 per annum.

Working pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working, to be discussed with hiring manager.

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Chichester, with hybrid working options, requirement to come in once a week.

As one of our Apprenticeship Consultants you will actively promote and encourage apprenticeship take up by staff working within our Children, Young People & Learning, Adults’ & Health and Public Health services

You will offer advice, guidance, and support to identify appropriate apprenticeships with your customer groups. You will engage Heads of Service and Hiring Managers to understand, define and forecast their requirements for apprenticeship training for their teams.

Your role will be extremely rewarding as you will be responsible for the life cycle of apprenticeships, from commissioning to end point assessment. Therefore, you will be able to watch your support benefit both the candidate and the Council.

The Apprenticeship Levy has given West Sussex County Council, including schools, the opportunity to invest in high quality qualification-based training through our Apprenticeship programme. You will ensure the services maximise the Apprenticeship Levy Fund to develop their teams for the benefit of the customers they support.

As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. Join us and #BeTheDifference.

Please be aware we also have another vacancy for an Apprenticeship Consultant which is part-time 30 hours, term time only 39 weeks per year, permanent. View job here – http://emea3.mrted.ly/3buo4.

Key skills and Qualifications

Experience

• Ability to listen and question to define a client's requirement, summarise the information, diagnose the problem, offer a viable solution and gain approval for the recommended proposal efficiently.
• Ability to build strong, long-term relationships with both internal and external partners.
• Ability to research, analyse and interpret information to produce high quality reports/briefs which plan long term policy and business implications and set timescales and make recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence managers and heads of service to invest in staff development via apprenticeships
• Ability to develop and deliver plans over the short (1 year) to medium term (3 year) timeframes.
• Ability to mentor learners and monitor their progress.

Desirable qualifications and equivalent

• OD/L&D related qualification or experience.

• Assessing and quality assuring qualification programmes.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Demonstrate experience of engaging leaders at a strategic level, negotiating and providing service solutions.
• Working with apprenticeship contracts, standards and frameworks.

Rewards and Benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good laugh, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• 29 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually. Increasing to 30 days as of 01.04.2023.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution*.
• A range of flexible working options.
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave.
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring. ‘We are committed to developing all members of the team’.
• A range of discounts including: ASOS, Cineworld, Samsung and Apple.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

• Practising certificate funded.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

• This alters annually every 01.04.

Application information

The reference number for this role is CRS00683.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Jo Bentley, [email protected].

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected].

To apply, upload your CV and cover letter, please evidence clearly in your application how you meet the Key skills of the role.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Job Reference: CRS00683