Job Title: Learning and Development Coordinator – Apprenticeships (Apprentice)

Salary: £19,400 - £23,075

Location: Cambridge

Contract: Apprentice – full-time – fixed term contract 24 months

Apprenticeships act as a positive enabler for recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and notably supporting people to develop the key skills for success within our organisation.

As part of the Learning and Development Team, you will provide administrative support for the maintenance and ongoing development of the apprenticeship programme to ensure a high level of completion for apprentices and the best use of levy funding.  

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role 

This role will support the delivery and ongoing development of our apprenticeship programmes, ultimately ensuring a great development experience for our Apprentices is created and delivered across the organisation.  

This role will also has the opportunity to work with the wider team to meet our learning and development ambitions. 

• Coordinate the apprenticeship process from application to onboarding, creating a sense of belonging and community
• Support with strategic planning for apprenticeship offers including levy budgeting, data reporting, surveying
• Support the marketing and promotion of the apprenticeship programme, including the production and circulation of marketing materials through internal and external channels and events
• Coordination of the logistics for the delivery of programmes, workshops or meetings, including arranging meeting rooms/links for workshops and preparation of any required materials 
• Act as first point of contact for general queries internally and externally, especially from training providers and local schools.

About you 

As this is an apprentice position, your potential is more important than your existing experience.

What would help you in this role, is if you are highly motivated and enjoy solving problems by being responsive and resourceful. You have good organisational skills and can plan out your workload. You love to communicate and can take on board feedback. You enjoy working in a team but equally can work on your own initiative. You are curious and a constant learner.

Solid MS office skills (Word, Excel, PPT, Teams) are required.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Apprenticeship – Level 3 Business Administrator

Over the course of your apprenticeship, 20% of your working hours will be dedicated to training and applying learning to your work tasks, thus completing the level 3 Business Administrator qualification alongside your job with support from your line manager. All training costs are covered by our apprenticeship levy fund.

Applicants who do not meet the below requirements may be considered on a case-by-case basis, and candidates will also require an interview with the apprenticeship training provider.

• Meet the residential eligibility criteria outlined in the Apprenticeship Funding Rules

• Currently residing in the UK/EEA for at least the previous 3 years
• No previous qualification in the subject area of the apprenticeship on the same or higher level
• Have a GCSE grade A* to C (or 9 to 4) in English and maths
• Is not studying for any other government funded qualification

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. 

We encourage early applications, as we may close the vacancy prior to the stated deadline of 15 November 2024 if suitable candidates are identified sooner. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 November 2024.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.