Competency & Apprenticeship Architect

Victrex; Thornton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Victrex is seeking a Competency Facilitator to design, develop and deliver competency frameworks and development programmes across the operations workforce. You will assess skills, build development plans, and support managers in maintaining competency standards.

You will own apprenticeship programmes, coach apprentices through their development journey, and align content with future business needs, while upholding safety, compliance and data-driven improvement across learning platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience developing competency frameworks, technical training programmes or capability-building initiatives.
• Knowledge of UK qualification frameworks, apprenticeships and competency assurance processes.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills with a genuine passion for developing others.

Responsibilities

• Develop Technical Excellence: design, develop and deliver competency frameworks to support operational excellence.
• Lead Apprenticeship Development: own apprenticeship programmes from recruitment to qualification, mentor apprentices.
• Promote a Safety-First Culture: embed safety into learning and maintain safety standards.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: identify opportunities to improve competency, assessment and training processes.

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Data analysis

IT skills

Learning materials

Communication

Apprenticeships

Competency frameworks

Education

UK qualification frameworks knowledge

Apprenticeships experience

Competency assurance knowledge

Tools

Learning management systems

MS Office

Data analytics tools

Job description

Victrex is seeking a Competency Facilitator to design, develop and deliver competency frameworks and development programmes across the operations workforce. You will assess skills, build development plans, and support managers in maintaining competency standards.

You will own apprenticeship programmes, coach apprentices through their development journey, and align content with future business needs, while upholding safety, compliance and data-driven improvement across learning platforms.