Hybrid Early Careers & Learning Advisor

Avove; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave

Life insurance

Family-friendly policies

Company pension scheme

Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan

Avove Discount Scheme

Volunteer days & charity matchedGiving

Job summary

Avove is seeking an Early Careers and Learning Advisor to join the People & Culture Team in a hybrid role based in the Northwest (Warrington/ Chorley). You will coordinate apprenticeships, graduate programmes, placements, T Levels and work experience, providing learner support and stakeholder liaison.

You will monitor progress, maintain records, and support funding/admin tasks while contributing to wider learning initiatives and continuous improvement 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

Programme coordination

Written and verbal communication

Relationship-building

Coaching and pastoral support

Recruitment and candidate management

Data management and reporting

Event planning and delivery

Multitasking under pressure

Stakeholder management

Job description

Avove is seeking an Early Careers and Learning Advisor to join the People & Culture Team in a hybrid role based in the Northwest (Warrington/ Chorley). You will coordinate apprenticeships, graduate programmes, placements, T Levels and work experience, providing learner support and stakeholder liaison.

You will monitor progress, maintain records, and support funding/admin tasks while contributing to wider learning initiatives and continuous improvement across the business.