Supporting the development and implementation of Foundation and Graduate-Level Apprenticeships

- Leading a team of six staff and associated contractors to produce new Advanced Higher Courses in a range of subjects- Networking, influencing and building partnerships with stakeholders - Stakeholder management and communications- Providing expert advice on qualification design and assessment- Resource/budget planning and programme management

- Qualification development and writing- Stakeholder engagement and communications- Project management

- Implementing the Foundation Learning programme including: policy development, resource planning, strategic procurement, staff leadership and joint working with senior departmental/agency officials- Positioning Foundation Learning within the policy environment through advocacy and leadership with strategic partners- Leading and motivating a project team to achieve agreed outcomes- Securing support and active involvement of key external stakeholders- Achieving project milestones… Show more - Implementing the Foundation Learning programme including: policy development, resource planning, strategic procurement, staff leadership and joint working with senior departmental/agency officials- Positioning Foundation Learning within the policy environment through advocacy and leadership with strategic partners- Leading and motivating a project team to achieve agreed outcomes- Securing support and active involvement of key external stakeholders- Achieving project milestones within a complex and changing environment- Translating policy aims into tangible outcomes Show less

- Co-developing and leading organisational approach to personal and employability skills- Developing employability skills and Apprenticeship frameworks by providing expert advice to awarding bodies, sector skills councils and the voluntary sector- Raising the national profile of Employability skills through negotiations with government departments, schools, colleges , sector skills councils and the voluntary sector- Internal and external knowledge management and strategic… Show more - Co-developing and leading organisational approach to personal and employability skills- Developing employability skills and Apprenticeship frameworks by providing expert advice to awarding bodies, sector skills councils and the voluntary sector- Raising the national profile of Employability skills through negotiations with government departments, schools, colleges , sector skills councils and the voluntary sector- Internal and external knowledge management and strategic communications - Influencing organisational business plans to take account of new government policies Show less

- Developing regulatory criteria for vocational A-levels and National Vocational Qualifications- Managing occupational standards projects - Providing expertise and national communications on policy in relation to Apprenticeships, vocational A-Levels and skills strategies- Gaining agreement on criteria with partner agencies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - - Developing new Apprenticeship arrangements in a variety of sectors through joint work with Sector Skills Councils