Job Description
Project Selborne is a Transformational Training programme with a strategic goal of modernising Royal Navy training to deliver "better trained sailors to the front line faster".
Your role will be to manage the Apprenticeship Programme (AP) output deliverables for Capita on behalf of the royal Navy across a specified area. You will be involved in a variety of Apprenticeship focused projects. You will have direct line management of a large team. What you'll be doing:
- Managing the contracted Apprenticeship output of circa 2000 Apprentices across HMS Collingwood in support of the Royal Navy.
- Managing the delivery of Functional Skills, Apprenticeship progress reviews and ensuring all apprentices reach gateway in line with their training plans.
- Ensuring full compliance to ESFA, Ofsted and MIS guidelines.
- Contribute to Apprenticeship Quality Improvement Plan (QiP) and Self-Assessment Report (SAR) reports and drive and provide regular updates for your area.
- Managing a team of 5 direct reports
- Working with key stakeholders both within the training establishment and wider Royal Navy.
What we're looking for:
- Experienced Apprenticeship Manager across a large area of responsibility with diverse stakeholders.
- The ability to work in a fast paced, high volume working environment
- OFSTED - Experience of Inspection and good understanding of the Education Inspection Framework and what is required and expected for an outstanding provision.
- Experience of managing a team to achieve results.
- Flexible to travel to other sites, as and when required
- Ability to obtain SC clearance
About Project Selborne:
Project Selborne is a wide scale, 12 year transformation of Royal Navy Training. The contract worth GBP 1 billion was awarded in December 2020 to a consortium led by Capita to deliver and modernise training for the RN. The consortia of partners known as Team Fisher includes Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK, Fujitsu and University of Lincoln together with 14 other UK-based suppliers.
Our 'one team' philosophy is about collaboration and openness, key to the success of this programme. We are looking for people with the talent and experience who can help shape better outcomes for our customers. We are using our expertise in digital transformation to review service design, modernise courses and deploy cutting edge technology to enhance courses including synthetic training (simulator) systems and data analytics. This programme is a shared endeavour working alongside the Royal Navy's Training Management Group (TMG) as a single integrated team. Together, we will address challenges and collectively improve outcomes for sailors and marines at scale across the naval enterprise - something we are proud to be part of over the coming years.
What's in it for you?
- Offering a salary of £40,000
- 23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
- Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
- Opportunity to make the role your own
- Excellent training on offer
- Varied role
- Hybrid working between home and HMS Collingwood
What we hope you'll do next:
Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We're an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email Iqbal at reasonableadjustments at capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we'll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
