Early Careers Programs Lead (Hybrid)

Avove; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan

Avove Discount Scheme

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Volunteer days & charity matchedgiving

Job summary

Avove is seeking an Early Careers and Learning Advisor to join its People & Culture Team in a hybrid role based in the Northwest, with offices in Warrington and Chorley.

You will coordinate early careers programmes (apprenticeships, graduates, placements, T Levels) and support wider learning initiatives, working closely with managers, mentors, and education partners to deliver, document and assess progress across the business.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and programme coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Relationship-building and stakeholder management capability.
• Coaching and pastoral support skills for young people and early careers colleagues.
• Recruitment and candidate management skills.
• Data management, reporting and analytical skills.
• Event planning and delivery skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Supporting the delivery of apprenticeship, graduate, placement, work experience or other early careers programmes.
• Engaging with young people through education, employment, outreach or development initiatives.
• Supporting the coordination or delivery of wider learning, development or workforce capability initiatives.
• Working within a People & Culture, learning and development, or workforce capability environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with apprentices, graduates, managers, mentors, training providers and external stakeholders, acting as a key point of contact throughout programme delivery.
• Provide day-to-day support and guidance to managers, mentors and learners on programme requirements, learning objectives, development opportunities, welfare support and key programme milestones.
• Monitor apprentice and graduate progress, attendance, wellbeing and performance, identifying risks and escalating concerns where appropriate to ensure successful programme outcomes.
• Liaise regularly with training providers to coordinate progress reviews, learner assessments, programme documentation, end-point assessment preparation and compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate learner records and programme documentation, ensuring apprenticeship, funding and compliance requirements are always met and audit ready.
• Support the administration of apprenticeship levy funding, CITB grants, off-the-job training records and associated provider documentation, ensuring deadlines and reporting requirements are achieved.
• Produce, analyse and maintain programme reports and management information, tracking key metrics including recruitment, retention, completion, progression, diversity and programme effectiveness.
• Support the attraction, recruitment and onboarding of apprentices, graduates, placements and work experience students, including candidate communications, assessment activities and recruitment events.
• Coordinate and deliver education and community engagement activities, including school, college and university partnerships, STEM initiatives, work experience programmes, T Level placements and employer branding campaigns.
• Support the delivery of learning, skills and workforce capability initiatives by coordinating workshops, development events, learning suppliers, communications, programme evaluation, skills-gap analysis and continuous improvement activities, while providing project and administrative support across wider workforce development programmes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Relationship management

Coaching & pastoral support

Recruitment & candidate management

Data management & analytics

Event planning & delivery

Multitasking & accuracy

Early careers programmes delivery

Engaging with young people

Learning & workforce capability

People & Culture environment

Job description

Avove is seeking an Early Careers and Learning Advisor to join its People & Culture Team in a hybrid role based in the Northwest, with offices in Warrington and Chorley.

You will coordinate early careers programmes (apprenticeships, graduates, placements, T Levels) and support wider learning initiatives, working closely with managers, mentors, and education partners to deliver, document and assess progress across the business.