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University of Warwick Hiring for Apprentice Support Tutor Job at United Kingdom Full Time
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JOB PURPOSE
5 Positions Available
Permanent Position, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE).
WMG is a vibrant, cutting-edge research institution at the University of Warwick, providing research, education and knowledge transfer in engineering, manufacturing and technology.
Our education team offer a diverse range of degree apprenticeship programmes to employer partners. We are seeking to appoint motivated and confident Apprentice Support tutors to work with our growing Apprenticeship team, who can provide the highest quality of support to apprentices and make a positive impact to their learning. Apprentice Support tutors are responsible for providing pastoral, academic and work-related support to apprentices throughout their studies, helping them to demonstrate how their learning meets the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by the relevant apprenticeship standards.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be a good communicator, well organised, able to keep accurate records and work to tight deadlines. You will need to collaborate effectively, influence a range of stakeholders and build and sustain relationships, sometimes at a distance, across organisations. An understanding of apprenticeship compliance requirements is also essential.
You will need to be prepared to travel to companies (if appropriate) to undertake reviews with apprentices and their line managers/mentors. Knowledge within the specific technical areas of engineering or digital technology would be an advantage.
You will have a degree, and a qualification or experience in teaching, learning development, coaching or mentoring, together with a positive outlook on this approach to learning. In return, we will provide a great range of benefits which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure, some fantastic savings on a wide range of products and services, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We have recently gained the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia. We are supportive of staff with caring responsibilities including a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Interview date: TBC
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
To be a part of the Work-based education team, you will work with Apprenticeship tutors, course teams and the compliance lead to support apprentices throughout their apprenticeship.To work with those companies enrolling participants on Degree Apprenticeships to ensure that apprentices are able to fulfil the vocational elements of the apprenticeship. To work with the organisations on the development of individual training plans for the apprentices, to monitor the development of the apprentices against these plans with the workplace mentors and academic teams. To ensure that apprentices maintain appropriate evidence and that both informal and contractual ongoing reporting is completed. Apprentice support tutors will work with a number of apprentices on one or more programmes and develop strong supportive relationships with them and their line managers / workplace mentors and, where appropriate, with the company apprenticeship team.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To be academic owners for the delivery of work-based learning modules as required.
- To support discussions with organisations on intended cohorts and the organisation’s plans for the vocational, skills and behaviour elements of the programme, and to support in completing the appropriate paperwork before course start.
- To work with the admissions team and compliance lead to ensure that all eligibility checks are made and processed in a timely way.
- To assist during the apprentice programme induction process and to provide guidance to workplace mentors.
- To work with apprentices, and where appropriate their workplace mentors or line managers, to ensure that Individual Training Plans (ITPs) are developed.
- To review progress against TLPs, provide appropriate coaching support for apprentices where required and work with academic teams to ensure that individual or cohort issues are identified in a timely way; individual apprentice progress is noted and apprentices at risk are identified and mitigations devised and agreed.
- To support apprenticeship progress throughout the programme including the ongoing assessment and feedback of an apprentice’s portfolio, and lead and maintain accurate records of tripartite reviews using an ePortfolio system.
- To act as an apprentice’s personal tutor.
- To assist, when required, with identification of suitable work-based projects and support apprentices in their project work.
- To work with the designated End point assessment organisation (where required) and prepare Apprentices for EPA.
- To contribute to module and annual reviews with course teams.
Research and Scholarship
- Reflect on practice and the development of own learning skills.
Administration and Other Activities
- To provide reports and updates to WMG leadership as required and regular and ad hoc information to clients where agreed and appropriate.
- To ensure that apprentice learner evidence is maintained and submitted as required to allow levy funding to be drawn down, working closely with compliance lead.
- To maintain strong client relationships and act as a point of contact for the apprenticeship manager (or similarly designated role) within the organisation and provide agreed and appropriate feedback to client working with the appropriate client relationship manager.
- To keep up to date with the legal and administrative requirements concerning Apprenticeships and the Apprenticeship levy; OFSTED requirements and with regional and national skills agendas.
- To undertake specific departmental roles as may be required.
- To engage and attend departmental meetings and to participate, as appropriate, in other committees and working groups within the department, the faculty and the University.
- To participate in relevant professional activities, for example non-teaching CPD.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety in all aspects of work and, where appropriate, undertake risk assessments.