Job Title: Apprenticeship Planner
Location: Carr Gate, Wakefield
Hours: 14.48 hours per week
Salary: £44,700 - £48,459
Overall role summary
Providing operational and compliance leadership for apprenticeship programmes, ensuring they are effectively managed, fully compliant, financially sustainable and aligned to organisational workforce development priorities.
Job Role:
- Supporting the design and delivery of apprenticeship programmes that contribute to workforce attraction, retention and development.
- Building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external partners to enhance apprenticeship outcomes.
- Supporting apprenticeship recruitment processes and ensuring managers and candidates receive appropriate guidance and support.
- Monitoring and maintaining compliance with apprenticeship regulations (Ofsted and Skills England), funding requirements and employer-provider standards.
- Ensuring apprenticeship provision remains inspection-ready and aligned with Ofsted and statutory requirements.
- Managing relationships with training providers and end-point assessment organisations to ensure quality and value for money.
- Coordinating apprenticeship data, monitoring performance measures and providing management information to support decision-making.
- Supporting the effective management of apprenticeship levy funding, co-investment arrangements and financial compliance.
- Maintaining apprenticeship policies, Safeguarding arrangements and driving continuous improvement across programmes.
Essential Criteria
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) or has an equivalent qualification or has substantial equivalent experience from working in a Learning and Organisational Development or People Management environment
- Good knowledge of apprentice schemes, training arrangements and apprenticeship funding rules
- Has successfully supported, advised and influenced key stakeholders, including Senior Leaders about significant work streams, both verbally and in writing
- Has good knowledge of project management methodologies and practices with experience of successfully managing allocated activities
- Can demonstrate the ability to effectively present complex information to senior managers, boards or groups
- Experience of successfully working with others to deliver objective in large, diverse organisation
- Previous experience of successfully coordinating and or managing apprenticeship schemes
Benefits of working for us
- Generous amount of annual leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue light discount
- Flexi time and agile working
- Health and Wellbeing programme
This advert will close at 23:55 hours on 1st November 2026.
