Position: Apprenticeships Delivery Manager (Teaching Support) We at Best Practice Network share the belief that every child, regardless of their background, should benefit from an excellent education. To achieve that, we support and train the educational professionals who work alongside them to be the best they can be, so in turn, they can transform the lives of children and young people. We're a friendly, DfE accredited, Ofsted outstanding training company providing apprenticeships, professional development and the DfE's 'Golden Thread' (trainee teachers to school Executive Leaders). We are adaptable, collaborative, and genuinely value the work we do to support the education sector, as much as our trainees do. Our people are at the heart of our business and our passion and commitment to education is what drives us. As a result, we have seen incredible growth over the last few years both nationally and internationally. We aim to be an employer where everyone can be themselves, do their best in an inclusive working environment and where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. To carry out the leadership and operational management to ensure a highly effective experience for the delivery of Teaching Support staff Apprenticeship programmes, e.g. Teaching Assistant Level 3 and specialist Teaching Assistant Level 5, to ensure learners follow individualised pathways and maximise their potential and progress towards timely success. Programme leadership Performance management of team including Performance Managers, ensuring contractual targets and objectives are met in terms of timely success rates, non-starters, referrals and progressions Direct responsibility for the recruitment, management and support of a team of Performance Managers and Apprenticeship Tutors To lead a team of Performance Managers and Apprenticeship Tutors, setting/reviewing monthly KPIs to ensure the timely completion of all elements of the apprenticeship programme including functional skills and additional learning support Responsible for continual staff training to ensure consistency of processes and practices to meet funding, regulatory and inspectorate requirements and to always meet compliance To undertake monthly one to ones to appraise and coach the team to feed into their personal development plans and the Quality Improvement Plan To support the development of the Performance Managers and ATs, both new and existing, ensuring they follow funding guidelines as set by the ESFA and up to date inspectorate requirements To train new Performance Managers and ATs in BPN systems and policies, induction to the business including ILPs and Additional Learning Support, mentoring and functional skills and IT systems including Bud Address under performance and implement corrective methods following HR processes and procedures Supporting business growth; working alongside the sales department to maximise new business sales and learner recruitment Ensure all learner qualifications are claimed on successful completion Support on the introduction of new Standards Apprenticeship programmes Allocation of tutors to apprentices as they are onboarded Teaching Learning and Assessment Conduct regular observations of teaching and learning in the field Share teaching, learning and assessment (TLA) good practice and celebrate learners' and others' successes Ensure high levels of learner attendance in all eLearning sessions and monitor tracking of individual learner progress Monitor Health & Safety checks as appropriate to ensure they are current and kept so Monitor the delivery of functional skills (supporting the Performance Managers/Apprenticeship Tutors) for learners to be able to continuously develop their English and maths skills and/or to achieve the level required by the programmes and carry out all monitoring and claiming activities Maintain records and deliver reports as required by the SLT including those from Bud as required Quality Management Be responsible for the programme performance against key performance indicator (KPI) measures reporting any issues to the Quality…
