Apprenticeships and Widening Participation Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role supports the Apprenticeships and Widening Participation Lead to enhance understanding and uptake of apprenticeships and widening participation initiatives within the Trust. It involves working with managers and employees to facilitate professional and academic apprenticeship opportunities for career progression. The coordinator also supports widening participation for young people through work experience and career information. The position aims to effectively use the apprenticeship levy for workforce development and quality programmes.
Key responsibilities
- Build networks and positive relationships with training providers and external stakeholders.
- Ensure quality, effective, and efficient programme provision for apprenticeships and widening participation.
- Share best practice for viable and consistent opportunities to access apprenticeship programmes.
- Facilitate upskilling through functional skills and development opportunities for new and existing employees.
- Carry out administrative tasks supporting the Trust's Education & Workforce strategies.
Essential criteria
- Minimum requirement 3 A levels required for entry to degree level qualification / apprenticeship including maths and English GCSE grade 4/C /functional skills level 2
- Level 3 Business Administration or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Advanced excel qualification or equivalent
- IT qualification or equivalent supporting data analysis
- Word Processing Qualification
- Educated to degree Level 6 Apprenticeship ; including Maths and English functional skills as required or willingness to work towards
- Previous experience of using all Microsoft Office software packages
- High level skill using Excel - data management; manipulating/ presenting data for reports. Quality assurance processes to ensure accurate data is produced
- Marketing and project management experience
- Excellent working knowledge of social media
- Proven ability to contribute to team working and to develop good working relationships with junior and senior team members
- Able to work autonomously with proven experience
- Excellent customer care and interpersonal skills
- Experience of handling confidential and sensitive material and information
- Previous experience of working in an administration role
- Ability to create Excel spreadsheets/graphs/ pivot tables
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Able to use own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Commitment to self- development
- Ability to raise issues and highlight information, providing feedback to keep the team informed at all times
Desirable criteria
- Educated to Diploma level 5 or Degree level 6 or equivalent subject level qualification or significant experience at a similar role in specialist area
- Supervisory Line management qualification/training
- Marketing/Social Media qualification
- Current knowledge and / or experience of working with the apprenticeship agenda
- Experience of working in an administration role as part of a team
- Demonstrate ability to manage projects
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Apprenticeships and Widening Participation Coordinator
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
The Apprenticeships and Widening Participation Coordinator supports the Apprenticeships and Widening Participation Lead to increase the knowledge and understanding of apprenticeships and widening participation in the Trust. Supporting workforce development and quality programmes effectively using the apprenticeship levy.
Working with all service managers and Trust employees to facilitate opportunities to undertake a wide range of professional and academic apprenticeship in support of role development and career progression for employees working at all levels across the Trust.
Working across the Trust to support and develop widening participation for young people with work experience, and career information.
Main duties of the job
Building networks and positive relationships with training providers, and other external stakeholders to ensure quality, effective and efficient programme provision. Share best practice for the provision of viable and consistent opportunities to access apprenticeship programmes and widening participation opportunities across the Trust. This includes upskilling through functional skills and ensuring that new and existing employees are given the opportunity to be developed through apprenticeship pr
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