Requisition ID: 26074
Location:
Newcastle, GB
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Working Pattern: Full Time
Posted Date: 22 Aug 2023
Salary: £29,605 to £30,487 with progression to £32,982 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 10 September 2023
The Role
The University’s Vision and Strategy sets out an ambitious and exciting journey, to be a people focused, world-leading university that harnesses academic excellence, innovation and creativity to advance knowledge and provide benefits to individuals, to organisations and to society as a whole. In order to achieve this vision, we recognise that our people, and our culture are critical to our success.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our People Engagement and Culture (PEAC) team on a fixed-term basis, to provide support for our colleague apprenticeship provision. The PEAC team comprises the Organisational Development; the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the Colleague Wellbeing teams and between us we aim to improve the colleague experience at the University. The focus for this role is to support our colleague apprenticeship provision, in particular our pool of early career Business Administrator Apprentices. This is a varied role involving training delivery, communications and event management. You will act as a key point of contact for apprentices, line managers and learning mentors. You will also help create educational and promotional materials, ensuring our on-line information/resources reflect our key aspirational values of excellence, creativity and impact.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who might be interested in a career in learning and development or People Services. We are looking for someone who is passionate about helping others reach their potential, a keen team player and able to juggle multiple priorities.
This is a 1 year fixed term position to support the launch of our Business Administrator Apprenticeship programme.
Please do reach out to Lisa Emmerson (lisa.emmerson@newcastle.ac.uk) or Vicky Hall (vicky.hall1@newcastle.ac.uk) to have a chat about this opportunity.
To apply, please upload a CV and cover letter outlining your unique fit to the criteria set out in our person specification below.
Key Accountabilities
• Support the Senior Organisation Development team in the delivery of early career apprenticeship programmes
• Deliver engaging training for early career apprentices that encourages colleagues to achieve their planned outcomes
• Provide professional, friendly support to early career apprentices throughout their learning journey
• Provide early career apprentices with advice and, where appropriate, one-to-one coaching on all learning options available including on-line resources to facilitate and maximise learning
• Support apprenticeship administrative activities including, but not limited to, collating and reviewing evaluations and feedback, monitoring and updating training records and supporting in scheduling internal training events
• Co-ordinate and support recruitment and promotion events championing colleague apprenticeship provision
• Create educational and promotional materials to support colleague apprenticeships
• Act as a key point of contact for early career apprentices, mentors and managers
• Provide back up for the PEAC Admin Team Leader as and when required
The Person (Essential)
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Experience of working in a learning, training or organisational development environment
• Experience delivering in-person and virtual training or events
• Experience of working as part of busy customer-facing team working to planned outcomes and project timelines
• A skilled team player who collaborates easily across multiple teams
• Experience of producing written content e.g. newsletters, webpages.
• Ability to prioritise own work efficiently in order to deal with conflicting priorities
• Experience of mentoring or coaching others
• Ability to work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
• An awareness of apprenticeships relevant to the role (desirable)
Attributes and Behaviour
• A passion for helping others reach their potential
• Works collaboratively and in partnership with others
• Excellent communicator, both verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to balance and deliver on multiple priorities
• Ability to solve problems creatively
• Ability to persuade, convince and influence others in order to achieve results
• Active advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion
• Displays enthusiasm, integrity and personal resilience
Qualifications
• Educated to GCSE level (in English and Maths) Grades A-C, or equivalent, or demonstrable experience in a similar role
Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.
We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.
At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.
In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Requisition ID: 26074