Grade E scp 11 £28,142 to scp 17 £31,022 pay award pending
Contract: fixed term 2 years
Hours: 37 per week
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact: Ruth.seddon@bolton.gov.uk

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The Role

Are you passionate about helping people develop their skills and achieve their career ambitions? Bolton Council is looking for an enthusiastic and organised Apprenticeship and Skills Coordinator to support and promote apprenticeship opportunities across the organisation and the wider community.

Working within the Organisational Development team, you will play a key role in supporting the Council's commitment to skills development, employment opportunities and social inclusion. You'll be the first point of contact for apprenticeship enquiries, providing advice and guidance to employees, managers, schools, training providers and external organisations.

This varied role will give you the opportunity to coordinate and support apprenticeship programmes across the Council and provide high-quality customer service and guidance on apprenticeship pathways and opportunities. You will maintain and develop apprenticeship information on the Council's website, intranet and digital platforms and manage apprenticeship records and data, producing reports and performance information to support workforce planning and decision-making. The role will require support at careers events, job fairs as well as engagement activities with schools, colleges and community partners It will also require research into apprenticeship standards, funding opportunities and labour market trends to help shape the Council's skills agenda.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference to people's lives while contributing to the development of a skilled and inclusive workforce, we'd love to hear from you.

About You

We're looking for someone who is customer-focused, highly organised and passionate about supporting learning and development opportunities.
You will bring experience in providing administrative or coordination support in a public sector or similar environment and excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain information clearly to a wide range of audiences. You will have strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively as well as experience in maintaining accurate records, analysing information and producing reports. You should be confident in using Microsoft Office and digital systems and have a collaborative approach as well as the ability to work independently using your own initiative. You will also have an understanding of confidentiality, data protection and information governance requirements. Ideally, you'll also have experience of apprenticeships, education, training or skills programmes, along with an interest in supporting careers engagement and workforce development activities.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role. Please answer the following questions in your supporting statement

Please provide an example of a time when you provided administrative or coordination support to a service, project, team or programme. Describe your role, how you organised your workload, managed competing priorities and ensured deadlines were met. What was the outcome? (max 300 words)

Describe a situation where you responded to enquiries or provided advice, guidance or support to customers, colleagues or other stakeholders. How did you communicate information to meet their needs, and what was the result? (max 300 words)

Please give an example of when you were responsible for maintaining records, producing reports or managing information using IT systems. How did you ensure accuracy, confidentiality and compliance with data protection requirements? (max 300 words)

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk