EPA & Programme Support Manager

EPA & Programme Support Manager

Location: Derby Academy

Summary and Main Purpose:

Overall accountability for the coordination and facilitation to drive the achievers for the designated programme and supporting with the skills and progression for Automotive learners.

Be the first point of contact for the Programme managers to drive the progression of the account with both the employer and the learners.

Take ownership of the life cycle of EPA’s ensuring they are managed in a timely and compliant manner to a high standard.

Work with internal and external stakeholders, being the first point of call for any programme related queries and support with learners progression and follow up calls.

Monitor and support with the timetable queries, and support with the implementation ensuring it runs smoothly.

To work with external stakeholders such as EPAO’s and other awarding organisations to ensure that EPA’s are timetabled and resourced appropriately and to a high standard to ensure the best possible achievement and progress for learners.

To produce detailed, constructive and supportive feedback/analysis to enable progress of the Technical Trainers from a Teaching and learning perspective.

Support with RFG’s, booking resits, Functional Skills booking and invigilation when necessary

Key Accountabilities:

Provide additional information, support, advice, guidance and training to all colleagues within Automotive to ensure that EPA requirements are understood.

Provide additional information, support, advice, guidance and training to all colleagues within Automotive to ensure that how learners achieve with excellence is understood.

Act as the central and single point of contact for both internal and external programme managers

Work with the internal quality assurance teams and colleagues to ensure that both curriculum and delivery is reflective of EPA requirements for achievement and progress.

Promote and share good practice with colleagues.

Monitor, track and regularly report on performance and quality in association with Automotive Gateways and EPAs for the business, SMT and Board

Effective use of KPIs and management information to ensure that learner progress in effective and external success benchmarks are exceeded.

Support the ownership and accountability of retaining learners on programme and to ensure they have a great experience.

To contribute to the development of teaching, learning and assessment policies and procedures.

Undertake any other ad-hoc duties as determined by the needs of the business.

Understand Remit and client culture and values and work in line with these always.

To conduct joint lesson observations and support managers to accurately evaluate their provision and provide effective feedback and targeted improvement activity.

To contribute to the development and use of peer observation, joint professional development, supported experiments and similar, to support the professional development of colleagues, securing good quality education.

To support external partners in developing, implementing and embedding their own strategies to raise the standards and improve the quality of education.

Ensuring the Functional skills of our colleagues are completed within a timely manner and upskilled when needed.

Qualifications:

• Assessor Award qualification (TAQA Level 3 or equivalent)
• Full teaching qualification (PGCE, DTLLS, Cert Ed or equivalent)
• Level 2 English qualification
• Level 2 maths qualification

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the Education Inspection Framework.
• Knowledge of current thinking regarding effective pedagogy, best practice and teaching and learning research and the impact of these on the quality of learning.
• Experience of delivering good or better Apprenticeship/work-based learning outcomes within the last two years.
• Experience of conducting face to face and remote observations and making judgments in line with the standards identified in the current Education Inspection Framework.
• Relevant occupational sector experience, and/or current updated CPD

Personal Qualities and Requirements:

• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong Organisational skills with a can do attitude
• Ability to motivate, inspire and develop young people.
• Ability to work towards given deadlines and targets
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to inspire, influence and motivate colleagues to deliver excellence
• Ability to analyse situations and recommend ways forward
• Flexibility to work at different venues and at different times of the day to meet the requirements of the role

Remit Training is an Investors in People Platinum awarded employer and pride ourselves on being a company putting our learners and colleagues at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to the support and education of mental health to work towards improving the culture and stigma tied to it, for all individuals. We are delighted to announce that we are an accredited Living Wage Employer! This means that every colleague working for Remit earns a Real Living Wage. 

As an equal opportunity, disability confident and safeguarding committed employer, we welcome applications from all who meet our minimum requirements and any prospective colleagues will be assessed as part of a fair and Safer Recruitment process. 

An offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check from the Disclosure & Barring Service and appropriate references. 

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