Trainer / Assessor

Job Title: Trainer / Assessor

Location: North West

Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The Company has developed a strong brand recognition for delivering highly practical development programmes which bring benefits to the learner and the organisations with which they work and leave them with sustainable development. 

They have a current need for experienced trainer/assessors (called ‘Business Change Facilitators’) in the areas of Food Manufacturing and/or Continuous Improvement, based in the regions of the North West and Midlands of England.  Many of their programmes are delivered as Apprenticeships.

Their four core values are

• Customer Focus – tailoring their programmes to meet client need
• Making a Difference – to learners, to organisations, to their staff
• Ethics – dealing with prudence in all they do
• Knowledge – outstanding abilities of their staff, to remain a trusted partner

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting to an Operations Manager, the Business Change Facilitator manages a portfolio of learners for various clients across the region
• Deliver, teach, coach, inspire cohorts of learners
• Act as the primary liaison with clients
• Project manage activity on the client sites
• Assess candidates to apprenticeship frameworks and standards as appropriate
• Deliver functional skills (Maths and English) as part of the programmes where required
• Ensure records and audit trails are maintained
• Attend standardisation events, team events and CPD throughout the year
• Manage clients and learners to maximise learner achievements within realistic timescales
• Deliver quality programmes of intervention to clients
• Develop processes to maximise learner achievements
• Open to ongoing development and training as deemed appropriate by funding and assessment organisations
• Support the wider delivery team and business initiatives

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Qualified assessor e.g. A1, TAQA L3 or equivalent with PTTLS as a minimum
• 3+ years previous experience in a similar role, ideally within industry
• Exceptional communication skills to both learners and clients/customers
• Excellent customer focus with proven examples of ‘above & beyond’ customer service
• Highly competent with Microsoft office and cloud based solutions
• Current delivery of Continuous Improvement (Lean, Six Sigma) and/or Food Manufacturing programmes

Desirable

• Experience with E-Portfolio solutions beneficial
• An internal quality assurance qualification (V1, TAQA L4)
• For the CI roles, a Lean Six Sigma qualification such as BIT L3/Green Belt/Black Belt etc.
• For the Food roles, L3 or higher in Food Safety/HACCP etc.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on skills, experience and potential
• Monthly car allowance
• Paid mileage allowance
• Pension scheme 5% contribution matched and option to salary sacrifice
• Life assurance of 2.5x salary
• 27 days per annum holiday (increasing to 30 at 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays
• Becoming a member of a supportive team and wider charitable organisation 

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Qualified Trainer, Qualified Assessor, Learning and Development, L and D, Training, Training Instructor, Training and Development, Development, Corporate Learning Manager, External Trainer, Coach may also be considered for this role.