Learning Ops Lead: Apprenticeships & AI Upskilling

OneAdvanced Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days’ holiday + bank holidays

1 paid volunteering day

Exceptional family leave

Private medical insurance

Robust sick pay

SkillsHub learning platform

External training & apprenticeships

MatchIt! charitable giving

Pennies from Heaven

ULEV car scheme

Dental insurance

Job summary

OneAdvanced, based in Birmingham, is seeking a Learning Operations Manager to drive apprenticeship strategy, governance and levy use while partnering with suppliers and internal teams. You will own budgets, reporting and analytics to provide a clear view of learning outcomes and impact.

You will lead the design and delivery of apprenticeship, internship and graduate programmes, ensuring rigorous governance and measurable ROI in a fast-growing AI-enabled environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing apprenticeship strategy, levy use and provider relationships.
• Strong track record in external learning budget management, supplier evaluation and vendor performance.
• Confidence building and owning learning reporting, dashboards and metrics, with a sharp eye for data accuracy and timeliness.
• Experience supporting annual planning, forecasting and budget tracking within an L&D or People function.
• A genuine curiosity about AI and emerging learning technology, and enthusiasm for helping colleagues build new capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead apprenticeship, internship and graduate strategy, programmes, governance and levy use, ensuring we make the most of every pound invested.
• Manage our apprenticeship providers end-to-end, overseeing compliance and completion rates.
• Manage external training requests, approvals and budgets, keeping spend accountable and outcomes visible.
• Recommend suppliers and evaluate learning outcomes, ensuring every partner and programme earns its place.
• Own learning reporting, dashboards and performance metrics, giving the business a clear, accurate view of what’s working.
• Support annual planning, forecasting and budget tracking for the wider learning function.
• Use data to identify capability gaps and opportunities — including where our AI upskilling agenda needs to go next.
• Act as a trusted operational partner to the People team, bringing structure and consistency to a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

Skills

Apprenticeship strategy

Budget management

Vendor management

Data reporting dashboards

AI/learning tech curiosity

Stakeholder management

Job description

OneAdvanced, based in Birmingham, is seeking a Learning Operations Manager to drive apprenticeship strategy, governance and levy use while partnering with suppliers and internal teams. You will own budgets, reporting and analytics to provide a clear view of learning outcomes and impact.

You will lead the design and delivery of apprenticeship, internship and graduate programmes, ensuring rigorous governance and measurable ROI in a fast-growing AI-enabled environment.