RSPCA
Due to internal promotion, we are looking for a new team member as Apprenticeship Advisor, you will be working as part of the Talent & Careers team reporting into the Apprenticeship Development Manager.
- Working hours: 35 hours / Mon – Friday.
- Hybrid role: You will predominantly be working from home but will be required to travel nationally to our Animal centres or bases once or twice per month.
We role model our values through our people culture and keep connected through regular/daily check-in’s and team meetings, your colleagues are always on hand to support or chat. It’s important to us that you feel part of our team from the get go!
Do you have a passion for Apprenticeships and emerging talent? Do you want to work for a company that is invested in shaping the careers and development for Early Careers and Apprenticeship programmes? Are you ready to be part of our journey and make a difference? Then read on!
We offer a wide range of benefits to recognise your contributions at RSPCA.
- 35 hour week
- Great Annual Leave benefits – 25 days annual leave on joining increasing each year to a maximum of 31 days (pro rata for part-time)
- Additional Society day around Christmas.
- Flexibility in hours – with the introduction of Core Hours staff can work their 35 hours flexibly across Monday to Friday. Core hours are 10.00am – 15.00 (please note this isn’t available for our frontline animal care roles)
- Generous pension scheme
- Career development through our in-house Learning & Development training
- Charity worker discounts: Access to hundreds of discounts across many retailers, travel, insurance & cinema tickets.
- Dog friendly offices at our London & South East Hub!
Here at RSPCA we know it’s a cliche but no two days are the same, you will work closely with the Talent Acquisition team to provide crucial support in screening, coordination, and facilitating the early careers hiring process in an inclusive and diverse manner. Our early careers programmes include graduates, interns and apprentices across the breadth of RSPCA – this could include anything from an Animal Care Assistant to Finance, IT or even Procurement.
You will partner closely with the wider People & Culture team on our People strategy supporting the development & implementation of the RSPCA Employer Brand, Employee Proposition, culture and values.
Please refer to the attached Job description for further insight and deeper dive into the day to day of this opportunity!
Recruitment process:
- Candidates with a strong match of skills will be invited to a first stage screening call this will take approx 30 mins
- Successful candidates will then be invited to a virtual interview with the Apprenticeships Development Manager these are scheduled for 14th – 16th Feb. The interview will consist of competency and values based questions and a question will also be sent to you at the invite stage to prepare for feedback on the day.
Must haves:
- Thorough knowledge of theory and best practice in Apprenticeships, Learning & Development, Performance Management, Talent Management & Succession Planning practices. This is through delivery of these programmes in your organisation
- Experience in delivering Apprenticeship knowledge and guidance
- Stakeholder Management – Ability to manage diverse stakeholders and build networks quickly
- Experience in researching/gathering information & data and translating this into reports for quality metrics
Preferable:
- Experience managing relationships with bodies and training providers.
- Creative thinker and project-driven individual
- A confident presenter – happy to share your knowledge and present to a wide and varied audience
Do you have experience in Early Careers and/or Apprenticeships working in close collaboration with the Talent and Careers/Learning and Development team? If so we’d love to hear from you!
We are really lucky that some of our roles attract a high level of interest and for this reason we review applications as they are received, unfortunately on some occasions this means roles may close earlier than advertised; so early submissions are highly recommended.
We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible
We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications – in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities – as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.
Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact [email protected]
Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect
To apply for this job please visit jobs.rspca.org.uk.