Apprenticeship Programme Co-Ordinator

The Talent team forms part of the wider HR Department based at our Corporate Office, soon to be moving to our Hub in Friars Court, Blackfriars. You will be working alongside the Head of Talent, Scientific Training Officer, Scientific Training Coordinator, and Apprenticeship and Placement Coordinator.
We are a small team, with people development at the heart of what we do. You can expect to be responsible for the effective day to day running of "Synnovis Academy", which is our Apprenticeship Offering ensuring that processes and systems are developed, improved and maintained to meet the needs of the business. Working with the Head of Talent, the Apprenticeship Coordinator will be the primary points of contact for Apprenticeship activities. Additionally, you will co-ordinate internal and external placement students into our Hub and Hospital sites.

Working for our organisation
Your development and learning
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme which is used across Synnovis to enable you to reach your potential, learn new skills and achieve your goals.
This is managed between you and your line manager in line with your own personal and professional development ambitions.
You can apply for finance to drive innovation and service development for the benefit of patients through our Innovation Accelerator Fund., Apprenticeships
Being the first point of contact for all Apprenticeship enquires, escalating as appropriate.
Ownership of Apprenticeship mailbox ensuring emails are responded to in a timely manner and escalated where appropriate ensuring all actions are completed promptly.
· Maintaining Apprenticeship Tracker with starters/ leavers/ movers and generating monthly and quarterly activity report.
· To undertake an initial review of the application form including qualification eligibility check before escalating for approval.
· Support with coordination of Functional Skills
· Coordination of the apprenticeship recruitment processes, ensuring this remains are fit for purpose. Support the recruitment/onboarding process for apprentices and apprentice learners, taking prompt action on communications and maintaining dialogue with stakeholders.
· Creation and implementation of Apprenticeship Induction Programme.
· Work closely with our Apprentice providers to ensure that all aspects of the recruitment/ selection/onboarding and ongoing monitoring are fully supported - research new providers as require.
· Create and issue apprenticeship agreements between apprentices, Synnovis and providers, with potential involvement of legal team.
· Coordinate and participate in monthly Apprenticeship Partner meetings - including making contact all Apprentices prior to monthly meeting to get feedback on programmes and any concerns.
· Following up on actions with Apprentices/ Mentors/ DAS from monthly meeting and updates from Apprenticeship providers
Coordination of seasonal and annual promotional communication/ engagement campaign including leading the National Apprenticeship Week activities
Coordination and attendance of annual and ad hoc celebratory events - such as the Degree Apprenticeship celebration
· Implement and maintain processes and documentation for Synnovis Academy
· Conduct site visits and progress reviews with apprentices and mentors.
· Manage the DAS (Government Digital Account Service)
· Liaise with our Government Account Manager to keep abreast of Apprenticeship developments and as a point of escalation for queries.
· Manage and maintain Synnovis Academy Synfo page (Intranet)
· In the absence of the Talent Team Administrator manage Apprenticeship travel and accommodation bookings.
Placements
· Responsible for administration and co-ordination of placements such as T-Levels
· Coordinating between college and departments to arrange placements.
· Administration of Placement documentation
· Coordination of rotations required in laboratories for training, such as Synnovis Graduate Training Programme, Specialist Portfolio, Scientific Training Programme (STP) and Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) Programme
· Liaising with Synnovis Training Leads / Manager and contacts from external organisations.
· Review of placements, collating feedback
· Liaising with Health & Safety, HR and Legal teams to ensure all relevant documentation is correct for placements.
· Site visits for placements if required.
Additional Duties:
Contribute to the central HR team, its objectives and strategy.
Travel to different sites as required The Hub (Blackfriars Court), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, King's College Hospital, Princess Royal University Hospital and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals.
Undertake any other duties or projects appropriate for the job, as required by the Head of Talent
Working as part of the wider HR team

Are you interested in developing a career within a growing HR team? Do you have a passion for people and thrive on building great working relationships with your colleagues? Are you currently working within Learning & Development or Talent Development and have gained experience in coordinating an Apprenticeship offering? If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you!
This is a new and exciting fixed term opportunity, working as part of the Talent teams, the core focus is to help us to take our Apprenticeship offering to the next level. You will be first point of contact for all Apprenticeship enquiries and will be responsible for customer orientated service to our employees and Apprenticeship Partners. Ensuring our current and potential learners are kept informed, motivated, and excited about our Apprenticeship Offerings.
We are going through an exciting period of transformation, which has resulted in this new position. So, if you are looking to further develop your skills and want to join a small, growing team who are passionate about people and healthcare science, this could be the role for you!

The place to work in pathology
We are looking for top talent to join the UK's leading and fastest growing pathology company - a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.
Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, King's College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology., At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London. For now, the job you are applying for will be based at one of our hospital sites however, from 1 April 2024 our people and services will start to move to our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1, with some work remaining in refurbished essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests. Please do ask your recruiting manager if you wish to find out more.
Currently our offices are based in Paris Garden, Blackfriars SE1, however at present these are temporary locations. We expect to move to new offices in the Hub building located in Blackfriars in 2024.

Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates and flexible contract assignments across all of our sites, dependent on your availability and location.
For our Permanent workforce we offer a competitive benefits package.
All employees are entitled to:
+ Contributory pension scheme
+ Generous annual leave entitlement
+ Ground breaking development
opportunities
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.