FM Apprenticeships Programme Delivery Manager

FM Apprenticeships Programme Delivery Manager
Part time (17.5 hrs/wk), permanent (FT considered)
Based central Reading, Berkshire

We’re looking for an individual experienced in facilities management to develop and drive our new Facilities Management apprenticeship provision!

Below you’ll find a brief description of this vacancy and UCEM, but if you have any questions or want to find out more, please don’t hesitate to contact us by phone or email (details found below/on the jobs section of our website).

You will be responsible for the development, management and continuous improvement of UCEM Facilities Management Apprenticeship programmes, so they’re effectively planned, developed, promoted and delivered to the highest quality. You must ensure this provision not only meets the industry/employer needs and requirements, but also motivates and engages apprentices to achieve success, enabling them to progress beyond even their own expectations. Your accountabilities will include recruitment and management of tutors/assessors; reviewing of non-standard applications; continuous programme review; KPI reporting and management; quality assurance; and budget management.

Initially the role will focus in the development and implementation of the Level 3 Facilities Management Supervisor Apprenticeship but will extend to other facilities management apprenticeships as UCEM’s provision grows.

Key qualities we’re looking for include:

• Relevant professional body membership (or willingness to attain)
• Quality Assurance qualification (or willingness to attain)
• Minimum Level 2 Maths and English (or willingness to attain)
• Experience in Facilities Management discipline
• Demonstrable experience in curriculum planning and development (FE and/or HE)
• Quality monitoring experience
• Impeccable communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Financial planning and management skills
• Intermediate IT skills and passion in using technology to enhance learning

A bachelor’s or post graduate degree and recognised teaching qualification is desirable, but not essential.

At UCEM we expect all our employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support.

University College of Estate Management (UCEM) is the leading provider of supported online education for the Built Environment. Currently celebrating our 100^th year as an institution, we have a wealth of history and experience in providing the highest quality learning opportunities. At any one time, we have over 3,500 students from more than 100 countries benefiting from our qualifications.  UCEM helps to enhance Built Environment professional careers through our accredited property-related and construction programmes, offered at Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Apprenticeship levels. Our centenary year has inspired our new vision to be the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education, appropriately abbreviated ‘CX’ to help us look to the future and lead our strategy for the next 10 years. This is all to achieve our core purpose of providing accessible, relevant and cost-effective online education, producing leading talent for a better Built Environment.

JOB SPECIFICATION

We have a very detailed job specification for this role so please, before applying, take a look: www.ucem.ac.uk/jobs

INFORMAL DISCUSSION

For an informal discussion about the role please contact John Pratt on 0118 467 7934 or j.pratt@ucem.ac.uk; John Barfoot 0118 467 2289 or j.barfoot@ucem.ac.uk; or alternatively the HR team on 0118 467 2243 / 7051 or recruitment@ucem.ac.uk

APPLICATION DETAILS

To apply please send your CV, covering letter, and Recruitment Check Form to recruitment@ucem.ac.uk

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT REAPPLY

CLOSING DATE

Thursday 20 June 2019 at 12:00 noon

Initial interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 26 June 2019 and Thursday 27 June 2019. Further details will be advised later in this process.

Please note, applications may be reviewed as and when they are received, so you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date.

FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP TEAM VACANCIES

Due to the growth and interest in UCEM apprenticeships, we continue to expand our apprenticeship delivery team. We are currently advertising some apprenticeship team opportunities (please see our website for more details) and we have more coming up soon.

We are looking for enthused Built Environment professionals who are looking for a career change as well as those currently working in a further/higher education role. Your passion, enthusiasm, industry experience and the desire to develop the next generation of Built Environment professionals is more important than previous further/higher education experience. We are particularly interested in hearing from professionals with industry experience in:

• Building surveying
• Quantity surveying
• Real estate management
• Building control surveying
• Construction site management

In most cases the above roles will be either permanent or fixed term employment, others will involve a contract working arrangement. Some roles are Reading based, some include home-working options. If you are interested in finding out more about the roles that we have available and why UCEM is a great place to work, please email recruitment@ucem.ac.uk and we will put you in touch with a member of the apprenticeships team, or alternatively you can call John Barfoot on 0118 467 2289.

SAFEGUARDING CHECK

Please note any appointment to this post is conditional upon and subject to an enhanced certificate (criminal record check) issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which will also include a check of the DBS Barred Lists.

NOTE TO AGENCIES

We do not use agencies as part of our recruitment process.  We politely ask that you respect this decision and do not call our offices on seeing this advertisement; if you do, the same message will be repeated to you.  Thank you for your co-operation.