About the Role
Keighley College are seeking an Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor to join our Apprenticeships Department.
In this role, you will help apprentices develop the skills and confidence to succeed in engineering careers, deliver training both on-site and in the workplace, and build strong partnerships with businesses, contributing to regional skills development.
You will have the ability to gain teaching qualifications if you don’t already have one, and access ongoing development opportunities.
What You Will Do
As an Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor, you’ll play a key role in guiding apprentices through their training journey. Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning and Delivering Training: Design and deliver both practical and theoretical sessions, on-site and in the workplace, to develop learners’ skills and knowledge.
- Assessing and Reviewing Progress: Monitor learner progress against apprenticeship standards, provide constructive feedback, and ensure timely completion of all components.
- Managing a Caseload: Take ownership of a group of apprentices, tracking their progress using systems like OneFile and maintaining accurate records.
- Employer Engagement: Work closely with employers to agree Individual Learning Plans, conduct regular reviews, and ensure training meets business needs.
- Quality Assurance: Contribute to internal verification and compliance with awarding body standards, ensuring high-quality delivery and continuous improvement.
- Supporting Recruitment and Onboarding: Assist with enrolment, sign-up, and health and safety checks, providing information, advice, and guidance to learners and employers
About You
- Level 3 qualification in an engineering discipline.
- Assessor’s Award (or equivalent).
- Level 2 English and Maths.
- (Desirable) Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards one.
- (Desirable) Experience in an educational setting and using systems like OneFile.
Hands-on knowledge of engineering practices and apprenticeship standards
Experience assessing learners in the workplace and confident in delivering both practical and theoretical training
Ability to build professional relationships with employers and work within a multi-disciplined organisation.
Strong organisational skills to manage caseloads and meet deadlines and excellent interpersonal skills to engage learners and employers.
Ability to motivate and inspire apprentices to achieve their goals and a commitment to equality, diversity, and safeguarding.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.
Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.
Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We do not accept unsolicited CV’s and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any fee in connection with a candidate that has been submitted speculatively through any agency that has not been expressly instructed for a particular vacancy as part of our Preferred Supplier List.
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