Learning and Development Coach (Apprenticeships)

Overview  

Our School of Health & Society is one of the largest providers of nursing, midwifery, social work and allied health professional education programmes in the UK, known for our track record of collaborating with a wide range of industry partners across health and social care to produce highly skilled graduates with real work experience. Our School has a wide range of apprenticeship programmes including Nursing Associate, Physiotherapy, Advanced Clinical Practice, Social Work and we have recently expanded and now offer the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship.

We are now looking to recruit a Degree Apprenticeship Coordinator to support our growing apprentice numbers in our Directorate of Nursing and Midwifery. This is an exciting time to join our expanding team which is dedicated to delivering high quality apprenticeships. The Degree Apprenticeship Coordinator role will enable us to continue to provide high-quality and compliant apprenticeships across a range of apprenticeship programmes, and enable you to bring your expertise to assist our apprentices in meeting their ambitions. 

So what will the role involve? 

• Work with programme leaders, apprenticeship teams and employers to coordinate and oversee apprentice recruitment and onboarding activities, striving to achieve agreed targets and innovate where needed.
• Organise, attend and document quarterly progress review meetings for apprentices with employers and quality assure the work of others.
• Give advice on academic programme structure to apprentices and employers in relation to the relationship between academic and industry aspects of apprenticeship.
• Support apprentices with achieving and documenting their work based learning and off the job elements of the apprenticeship.
• Pro-actively manage and organise ongoing apprentice relationship, to maximise prospects of apprentices complying with relevant programme and apprenticeship requirements.
• Contribute to our thinking and be challenging on how Salford can transform the way it addresses equity disparities, embraces diversity and becomes more inclusive.
• Foster the development of an inclusive community, working in partnership with apprentices to improve their sense of belonging.
• Lead the quality assurance and/or compliance management of a number of apprenticeships within the School and/or support and/or manage a small apprenticeship team.

For further information on this post please contact Dr Janine Archer Head of Apprenticeships on J.E.Archer@Salford.ac.uk or Jennie Sherlock Apprenticeship Administrator Lead J.K.Sherlock@salford.ac.uk

Please note that a DBS clearance might be required for this position.

What’s in it for you? 

With over 200 languages spoken across Greater Manchester, we want to create an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment, celebrating the diversity of our University community in our everyday conversations.  Our student population is already incredibly diverse and we want to ensure this is reflected across our colleague profile as well. There is a varied benefits package available through ‘MySalford’ where you can tailor your benefits to suit your own lifestyle – everything from additional annual leave, savings on High Street shopping, travel discounts as well as health and wellbeing support.  Flexibility on working from home is supported where possible, however the role will be based on the University of Salford campus. 

However you identify, whatever your pathway has been to get here, come and join us at the University of Salford where we are all proud to belong -  watch us in action here!