Working with external stakeholders and delivery partners to achieve our £3.2million ESF contractual objectives. Through performance management, detailed reporting, and analysis of data, I hold regular communications with all stakeholders involved with our partnership work. My role is to collaborate with others, and this is evident in working alongside the Careers Hub within D2N2. Collectively we support the engagement of schools, colleges, education professionals and employers to work towards the achievement of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. Our employer engagement spans from SME to large corporate and our interactions help create synergy between employers and education. Supporting with the recruitment of enterprise advisors, cornerstone employers and business volunteers, our programme of activities are designed to ensure every young person has the access to high quality careers education

responsible for designing and delivering curriculum programmes for both Level 5 and Level 3 Management apprentices. My role not only supported individuals but supported employers to understand apprenticeship standards in greater detail and how best to support their employees whilst studying. I continued to use my employer engagement skills to develop relationships with businesses, who in turn would return to the organisation for further development opportunities and training. This role in my career journey provided me the opportunity to understand curriculum development and continue my passion of making a difference

Engaging with stakeholders and senior leaders, it was my responsibility to work with organisations to create bespoke packages of learning for individuals. Working with both small to large corporate businesses, it was my job to complete relevant training needs analysis to support each company with their workforce development. This could be through training programmes, apprenticeship opportunities, short courses, or professional qualifications.

Supporting the Business Development team in a leadership position to promote and actively recruit apprenticeships for BSDC. Working with employers and individuals to create inspiring opportunities for both employment and study. Managing key relationships with a variety of accounts. Taking responsibility to ensure my customers are happy with the services we are providing them through apprenticeship delivery. Delivering high levels of customer service as well as networking to build a larger cliental base

Within this role, I help to support learners throughout their apprenticeship and look after a case load of approximately 350 Apprentices. The support involves pastoral, attendance and punctuality monitoring whilst also offering advice and guidance. One to one support can be offered as well as meeting with groups of apprentices to discuss any issues, concerns or general catch ups. Working closely with employers in this role allows me to build up new working relationships with external companies to help the apprentice gain their qualification.

This role looked at pastoral care for full time learners and involved the delivery of tutorials to groups of 10+. These tutorials would cover topics such as sexual health awareness, looking at homelessness and developing CV’s. The learner mentor role included looking at absence and retention monitoring of your case load of learners. This could vary from 120 upwards.

Working in partnership with Toyota and Blue Arrow, I had many duties and responsibilities which included regular interaction with both apprentices and colleagues. As part of this role, I was responsible for enrolling all apprentices and keeping any databases up to date. Commuting to alternative places of work was imperative as I was based at on offsite location. This gave me a good understanding of Apprenticeship Frameworks and allowed me to work along side a small delivery team.

This apprenticeship allowed me to gain experience within a variety of different areas at the College including the Principal’s office and the Executive Team. I also had the opportunity to work in the Foundation Learning department as an administrative support.

After completing a year at 6th form, I decided to change my career path and pursued the apprenticeship route. This work placement gave me the opportunity to learn how a small business runs and what is involved in an administration role.