Apprenticeship Programme Facilitator

Job Summary

The post-holder will be responsible for providing comprehensive support in the planning, organisation and evaluation of Clinical and Non-Clinical Apprenticeships at NSFT to support delivery of high quality, safe and effective care.

The post holder will be required to have excellent problem-solving skills, paying attention to detail, work innovatively. Using initiative and discretion when necessary. The post holder will need to be able to work with minimum supervision and complete multiple tasks within deadlines and time frames.

Excellent administrative, organisational and communication skills are essential to the success of this role. This post requires experience in Apprenticeship and or Education environment in a large organisation.

Main duties of the job

Specific Tasks Include

• Support Apprenticeship functions, such as delivering Information, Guidance and information to staff and managers
• Monitoring progress and compliance utilising a range of systems to record, report and support staff on programme
• Liaise with identified operational leads to obtain updates.
• Support development of system to collate and store evidence of progress made against agreed actions and keep up to date.
• Keep up to date relevant dashboards as required

About us

Benefits included with this role are:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Date posted

02 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum (pending job evaluation)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7032981

Job locations

County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2UA

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Plan, manage and be responsible for the day to day operation of the Trusts apprenticeship activities across all Localities within the Trust.

• Delivering Information, Advice and Guidance to staff and managers
• Pastoral support to apprentices on programme
• Liaising with managers
• Working and negotiating with external partners/training providers

Supervising administrative team members as required

Maintain good level of knowledge of various IT and communication systems relevant for role. E.g. Zoom, Microsoft teams, oracle, ESR. Utilising this knowledge for themselves but also to train others as required.

To support staff as required dealing with difficult situations/circumstances and to be designated to provide emotional support to front line staff during training.

Communicate complex scheduling information to internal and external stakeholders.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Degree level qualification/equivalent experience Teaching qualification - or working towards
• Health & Social care qualification

Experience Essential

• Experience in Health & Social Care
• Experience of working with apprentices and apprenticeships & pre-employment scheme

Desirable

• Project management

Skills Essential

• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Flexible and proactive

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2UA

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx