Degree Apprenticeship Administrator

About the Role

As the Apprenticeship Administrator at Queen Mary, University of London, you will be joining a small central team which provides technical and administrative support through the apprentice lifecycle, from onboarding/ enrolment to completion on key issues such as ESFA compliance, through to handling Ofsted administrative functions.

The post-holder will provide a high standard of apprentice and employer support, answer enquiries in relation to degree apprenticeship programmes and will ensure that all aspects of the day-to-day activities operate efficiently and effectively.

The post-holder will also play a key role as Secretary to the Degree Apprenticeship Oversight Board (DAOB) and the Degree Apprenticeship Operations and Compliance forum.  You will be expected to provide high standards of general administrative support for the Head of Degree Apprenticeships, and other senior managers.

Collaborating with the Head of Degree Apprenticeships and other managers, you will support the administrative functions for both Ofsted and the ESFA regulatory matters. We will also use the SMART the Assessor system, SITS and other electronic tools to help support operational efficiency across the provision and to help improve better decision making.

About You

The successful candidate will predominantly be based at DepartmentW campus, working within DepartmentW along with the central team.  Applicants should be professional, personable and committed to providing excellent administration on behalf of Queen Mary University London and above all else, our appointed candidate will have a positive work ethic. Applicants should also be highly confident in many aspects of IT and will be expected to utilise the Microsoft Office Suite of tools for most aspects of their work. 

About the Department

The Degree Apprenticeship Office (DAO) supports the apprenticeship planning activities and to provide internal and external customers and employers with management information that is reliable and timely.  As one of the UK’s foremost research-intensive universities, we are constantly responding to changes in the sector and working collaboratively across the University to expand our apprenticeship provision, data capacity and data literacy.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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