At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage apprenticeship funding compliance and conduct audits from the comfort of your home.
- Company: Join a leading apprenticeship training provider with a remote-first culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, and excellent career progression opportunities.
- Other info: Fully remote role with a supportive team and opportunities for professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in apprenticeship funding while working remotely and flexibly.
- Qualifications: Experience in apprenticeship funding and compliance is essential; strong analytical skills are a plus.
This is a fully remote, home-based position open to candidates throughout England. Recruiting on behalf of an apprenticeship training provider, we are looking to talk with experienced apprenticeship funding and compliance professionals. This is a hands-on operational role involving the management of apprenticeship learner changes, funding compliance, audit activity and reporting. The role is fully remote. Working hours are 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Salary and benefits:
- £32k - £36k starting salary (depending on experience, potentially higher salary for the right candidate)
- Full-time, permanent position
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Excellent benefits package
- Opportunities for career progression and professional development
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing apprenticeship learner changes, including withdrawals, breaks in learning, returns to learning, changes of employer and completions
- Processing learner changes accurately within the apprenticeship MIS, ensuring compliance with funding rules and ILR requirements
- Managing Recognition of Prior Learning and Experience (RPL/RPLE), including reviewing evidence and processing appropriate reductions
- Conducting learner-file compliance checks and funding audits, including enrolment eligibility, training plans and off-the-job training evidence
- Identifying funding risks, discrepancies and potential funding adjustments or refunds
- Monitoring outstanding compliance actions, ensuring issues are followed through to resolution
- Producing regular compliance and funding reports for senior management
Essential Experience:
- Extensive experience and knowledge of apprenticeship funding and compliance within the English apprenticeship training sector
- Strong working knowledge of current apprenticeship funding rules and ILR requirements
- Hands-on experience processing learner changes, including withdrawals, breaks in learning and changes of employer
- Experience reviewing or processing RPL/RPLE
- Experience working with apprenticeship MIS software, such as Aptem
- Experience conducting apprenticeship learner-file compliance audits and checking funding evidence
- Strong Excel, analytical and reporting skills
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and take ownership of compliance processes
Experience supporting external ESFA/DfE funding audits would also be advantageous.
Apprenticeship Funding & Audit Officer - Remote in Manchester employer: Oakmoor Recruitment
As a leading training provider with a strong commitment to quality, we offer a supportive and collaborative work culture that empowers our employees to thrive. Our remote Homeworking Assessor role provides flexibility and the opportunity for professional growth, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the next generation of Early Years professionals while enjoying a healthy work-life balance.
