HR Apprenticeship Trainer

Ashford College; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous and Consistent Holiday

Flexible Personal Leave

Exclusive Discounts & Perks

Wellbeing and Health Support

Competitive Pension Scheme

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking an HR Trainer/Apprenticeship Trainer to inspire, develop and empower apprentices. You will assess and support learners across varied environments, working with employers to ensure timely progress and successful apprenticeship completion.

You'll contribute to Internal Quality Assurance and maintain high standards of training and assessment, with a focus on quality, compliance and collaborative teamwork within EKC Group.

Qualifications

• Hold or be willing to work towards an Assessor qualification (D32/D33, A1).
• Hold or be willing to work towards an Internal Verifier qualification (D34, V1).
• Experience in supporting training, assessment and development across contexts.
• Be confident setting and achieving challenging improvement targets with a proven track record.
• Highly organised with ability to manage priorities and quality/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Hold, or be working towards, required assessor/verifier qualifications.
• Support and assess apprentices across learning and workplace environments.
• Provide assessment guidance and reviews via drop-in, phone, and email.
• Adapt training approaches for each apprentice and employer.
• Build positive relationships with apprentices, employers and colleagues.
• Contribute to Internal Quality Assurance activities as required.

Skills

Assessor qualification

Internal Verifier qualification

Training & assessment

Highly organised

Collaborative approach

Education

D32/D33 or A1

D34 or V1

Award in IQA

Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Job description

About The Role

Inspire. Develop. Empower.

Are you passionate about HR and excited by the opportunity to help shape the next generation of skilled professionals? EKC Training is looking for an enthusiastic HR Trainer to join our team.

This is more than a training role - it's an opportunity to ignite potential, share your industry expertise and make a lasting impact on the careers of aspiring HR professionals.

As an Apprenticeship Trainer, you'll play a key role in supporting apprentices throughout their journey, helping them build the practical skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed. You'll assess and support apprentices across a variety of environments, working closely with employers and learners to ensure they make timely progress and achieve their apprenticeship goals.

You'll also contribute to Internal Quality Assurance, helping us maintain the high standards of training and assessment that our apprentices and employers expect.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting and assessing apprentices across a range of learning and workplace environments.


• Working with apprentices and employers to ensure progress towards successful and timely completion.


• Providing assessment guidance, reviews and support through drop-in sessions, telephone and email contact.


• Adapting your approach to ensure training and assessment are delivered in the most effective way for each apprentice and employer.


• Building positive relationships with apprentices, employers and colleagues.


• Contributing to Internal Quality Assurance activities where required.

If you're ready to bring your HR expertise into an inspiring learning environment and help the next generation turn ambition into a career, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Details:

Salary: £15,151 up to £16,116

Contract: Permanent

Hours per week: 15

Working Pattern: Two full days Monday - Friday (We are flexible on which days these are)

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern


• Flexible Personal Leave


• Exclusive Discounts & Perks


• Wellbeing and Health Support


• Competitive Pension Scheme

Full list of compa ny benefits

About You

Are you an experienced assessor with an HR background who enjoys helping people develop their skills and achieve their potential? We're looking for a highly organised and capable professional who can bring experience, enthusiasm and a strong focus on quality to our team.

You will:

• Hold, or be willing to work towards, an Assessor qualification such as D32/D33, A1 or the Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement.


• Hold, or be willing to work towards, an Internal Verifier qualification such as D34, V1 or the Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.


• Have experience of supporting training, assessment and development across a variety of contexts.


• Be confident setting and achieving challenging improvement targets, with a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes.


• Be highly organised, with the ability to manage priorities and maintain high standards of quality and compliance.


• Bring a supportive and collaborative approach, working effectively with colleagues and learners to achieve shared goals.

If you'd like an informal chat about the role or have any questions, please contact us at [e-mail].

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who keep the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.