Associate Director - Regional Apprenticeships

Job Title: Associate Director – Apprenticeships (Regional)

Department: NSG Professional Skills

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Reporting to: Assistant Principal – Apprenticeships

Salary: £47,817 – £56,231 per annum

Annual Leave: 36 days per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays

Contractual Hours: 37 hours per week

Pension:Local Government Pension Scheme

The Role

Are you an ambitious and influential leader with a passion for apprenticeships, employer engagement and business growth? We are seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Apprenticeships to lead and develop our Professional Skills apprenticeship provision, driving performance, quality and commercial success across the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and results-driven professional who can inspire high-performing teams, build strong employer partnerships and identify new opportunities for growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure implementation of internal quality assurance processes to establish best practice and to achieve operational excellence within sectors.
• To effectively deliver all contractual and commercial obligations.
• Strategically identify and evaluate opportunities for business development.
• Develop and implement regional apprenticeship growth strategies.
• Build strategic employer partnerships.
• Identify new business opportunities.
• Drive income generation.
• Monitor financial performance.
• Lead contract performance against KPIs.

Please find the full job description here –Associate Director of Apprenticeships

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade 4/C or above (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics.
• Leadership and Management qualification – Desirable.
• Assessor/IQA qualification.
• Teaching qualification.
• Sector specific occupational experience, (Health & Finance).

Experience

• Leading apprenticeship provision across the curriculum area.
• Managing high-performing teams.
• Employer engagement and business development.
• Commercial growth.
• Ofsted and quality improvement.
• Funding compliance.
• Achievement rate improvement.
• Budget management.
• Senior stakeholder engagement.

Quality Experience

• Ofsted readiness.
• SAR and QIP ownership.
• Performance dashboards.
• Compliance with ESFA/DfE funding rules.
• Achievement rates.
• EPA success.
• Retention.
• Learner satisfaction.
• Employer satisfaction.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent sales / customer service skills.
• Ability to achieve deadlines and targets.
• Good financial awareness.
• Well-developed interpersonal & communication skills.

Why Join Us?

• Substantial annual leave entitlement plus holiday purchase scheme.
• Health &Wellbeing; freegym membership, 24/7 counselling for you and your family
• Family-friendlypolicies: flexiblehours and a supportive work environment
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): confidential support including counselling, legal and financial advice.
• Professional development: extensive training, mentoring, and career progression opportunities
• Funded CPD opportunities, regular staff development training, and paid volunteering days
• Access to discounted hair and beauty treatments at our onsite salon.
• Collegebenefit scheme – College Extras:
• Up to 15% cashback at top retailers & restaurants
• Discounted gift cards for big brands
• Home & tech upgrades via salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted onsite car parking.

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visitourWork For Uspage.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Dawn Longmore, Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships on dawn.longmore@northernskills.co.uk

Safeguarding Our Students

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students. All staff are expected to share this commitment. Ifyou’resuccessful,you’llbe requiredto completethorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All roles within the College carry safeguarding responsibilities, including promoting student welfare, reporting any concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), and modelling safe andappropriate conductin line withCollegepolicies.

All posts at Middlesbrough College involve regulated activity and are therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, relatedexceptionsand further information.

Please be aware that it is a Criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

As part of our shortlisting process, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates toidentifyany safeguarding orreputation‑relatedconcerns (as required by KCSIE).

Right to work

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Recruitment Process

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right tocommencethe interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.

Equality & Diversity

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make recruitment decisions based on skills and experience. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively support applicants with disabilities.