Overview
Job Title: Programme Manager – Apprenticeships Food and Drink
Salary: Salary commencing at £38,651 with progression to £42,223 per year
About the Role
What You Will Do
As Programme Manager – Apprenticeships, you will:
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Ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of apprenticeship standards, meeting all funding, compliance, and quality requirements.
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Lead and oversee the performance of a team of assessors, ensuring efficient working practices and a consistent learner experience.
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Deliver training and lead standardisation sessions to maintain consistency and excellence in delivery and assessment.
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Advise and support curriculum teams and learners to ensure apprenticeship programmes are well-integrated and aligned with industry expectations.
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Maintain and drive strong success, retention and achievement rates, supporting learners to complete their programmes on time and to a high standard.
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Proactively support tutors and employers to identify and resolve issues that may impact learner progress or quality of delivery.
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Work collaboratively with quality and audit teams to manage risk, ensure compliance, and enhance the overall learner journey.
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Work closely with the BDA (Business Development and Apprenticeships) team to meet recruitment targets and contribute to strategic growth.
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Develop and maintain positive internal and external partnerships, supporting effective apprenticeship delivery, quality assurance and wider governance initiatives.
About You
- Hold a L5 teaching qualification or equivalent
- Degree in a relevant field
- Hold Assessor and IQA qualifications (or willingness to work towards)
- Extensive experience, knowledge and skills to manage delivery across the Food and Drink curriculum.
- Experience of using on-line portfolio systems
- Experience of positively managing student and group progression, advice and guidance to positive outcomes.
- Experience of workplace assessment of learners
- Experience of undertaking internal verification and moderation activities.
- Proven commitment to continuous professional development.
- Experience of supervising/managing staff to ensure high performance.
- Experience of working with stakeholders and being influential in establishing effective partnerships.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
