Job Description
Our Organisation
Lancashire FA is the governing body for football in Lancashire, and the largest County Football Association in the country, leading the way in promoting and developing grassroots football. As a vision-driven company, we live and breathe our values daily, taking pride in reinforcing our positive people-focused culture.
We continue to support our footballing community driving forward with our vision to create 'a Game for Everyone', as part of our mission 'to lead and grow the game in Lancashire'.
We operate within a High Performing Organisation Framework and are in the second year of our latest 3-year strategy - it's an exciting time to join the teams championing football in Lancashire.
The Role
To provide professional guidance & support to A caseload of Apprentices, ensuring that each Apprentice receives a quality learning experience, achieving their learning goals in a timely manner prior to the gateway.
Key Accountabilities
• Effectively manage an Apprentice caseload, by supporting Apprentices through their 'L3 Business Administrator' standard'.
• Enrol Apprentices using the appropriate enrolment forms.
• Provide each Apprentice with an individualised learning programme.
• Track and monitor Apprentices and action early intervention where necessary. Set individual targets for each learner based on capability to ensure OTJ hours are met.
• Develop good relationships with employers to ensure the Apprentices are progressing within their role and successfully completing their Apprenticeship, ready for Gateway.
• Ensure that the delivery meets ESFA criteria with regards to off-the-Job training requirements.
• Carry out the enrolments, initial assessments.
• Develop delivery plans with employers that include 'off the job' training.
• Carry out 12 weekly progress reviews.
• Monthly visits to the Apprentice's workplace.
• Attend monthly Apprenticeship standardisation team meetings.
• Ensure compliance with Lancashire FA's Health and Safety & Risk Assessment policies.
• Ensure that the Lancashire FA effectively implement and maintain the FA's Safeguarding Operating Standard (S365) within Football from a marketing & communications perspective.
• Support messaging so that under-18s and adults at risk in youth and open-age adult grassroots football know how to report concerns about their wellbeing.
• Ensure the Association has a planned approach to youth engagement and demonstrates it can communicate in a child-friendly manner with under-18s.
• Contribute to ensuring that safeguarding and equality are embedded throughout the Association and grassroots football.
• Have an understanding and awareness of generic Equality law and of good practice within sports equality.
• Comply with and promote FA rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidance that are in place.
• Provide exceptional levels of customer care both internally, with partners and externally.
• Support the wider staff and volunteer workforce, always adopting an excellent teamwork ethos.
What we are looking for
Qualifications
• Minimum Level 3 in Business or equivalent competency.
• A1, D32 or TAQA assessors award, as well as a teaching qualification (AET, PTLLS, DTLLS, PGCE etc).
• A previous experience in mentoring/assessing the L3 Business Administration /Framework Standard.
• Full UK driving licence.
Specific Experience:
• A previous occupational experience in Administration.
• A previous experience in mentoring/assessing the L3 Business Administration /Framework Standard.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge:
• Excellent organisational skills.
• A strong work ethic and the ability to produce excellent work under pressure.
• A working knowledge of Apprenticeships.
• The ability to communicate with partners.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivated and enthusiastic with a flexible approach to work.
• Passion for the Apprenticeship model.
To Apply
To apply, please click on the link here .
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on 13th October.