Remote Early Careers Architect: Apprenticeships & Graduates

Canal & River Trust; Lancashire; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £35,000

Pension scheme

Increased holiday entitlement

Employee benefits

Job summary

Canal & River Trust is seeking a Future Talent Specialist to lead apprenticeship and early careers programmes, including graduates and student placements, ensuring inclusive attraction and a positive learner experience.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, training providers and external partners to ensure compliant, well‑managed programmes that deliver real value for learners and the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering or supporting apprenticeship and/or graduate programmes.
• Strong understanding of the Apprenticeship Levy, funding rules and compliance.
• Experience end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
• Experience mentoring or pastoral support, with safeguarding awareness.
• Strong IT, data and reporting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Trust’s in‑house expert on apprenticeships, providing specialist advice on levy funding, compliance and best practice.
• Deliver end‑to‑end recruitment for apprentices, graduates and student placements, ensuring inclusive, high‑quality attraction, selection and onboarding.
• Manage and coordinate apprenticeship, graduate and placement programmes, ensuring a positive learner experience and strong retention.
• Administer and manage the Apprenticeship Levy, including forecasting, spend monitoring and maximising utilisation.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with training providers, awarding bodies and external partners.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to apprentices, graduates and line managers throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Produce management information and insights on future talent activity, outcomes, diversity data and levy performance.
• Display the Trust’s values and behaviours at all times, ensuring diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do.

Skills

Apprenticeships

Graduate programmes

Stakeholder management

Recruitment

Data reporting

Tools

HRIS

ATS systems

Job description

Canal & River Trust is seeking a Future Talent Specialist to lead apprenticeship and early careers programmes, including graduates and student placements, ensuring inclusive attraction and a positive learner experience.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, training providers and external partners to ensure compliant, well‑managed programmes that deliver real value for learners and the organisation.