Overview
Job Title: Deputy Head of Apprenticeships
Salary: Commencing at £43,492 with progression to £46,133 per annum
Closing Date: 2025-10-29
About the Role
Join Us as Deputy Head of Apprenticeships and Shape the Future of Higher and Degree Apprenticeships at University Centre Leeds (UC).
We’re looking for an experienced and forward-thinking leader to drive the strategic and operational delivery of our diverse apprenticeship portfolio (Levels 3–7). Working closely with internal teams and employer partners, you’ll play a key role in ensuring exceptional learner outcomes and aligning our provision with regional and national skills priorities.
Based in the heart of Leeds, University Centre Leeds is a vibrant higher education provider offering inclusive, career-focused programmes. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape our apprenticeship strategy and drive excellence in teaching, learning, and employer engagement.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate with Heads of Department to lead and enhance the quality of teaching, learning, and assessment, ensuring exceptional outcomes for apprentices.
- Lead and motivate a diverse team working across multiple sectors and industries, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
- Take ownership of meeting and exceeding apprenticeship targets, playing a key role in the growth and success of University Centre Apprenticeships.
- Develop and implement strategies to drive high retention, achievement, success, and attendance rates for apprenticeship standards as well as ensuring all awarding body, funding, and quality standards are consistently met.
- Serve as a role model across the directorate by fostering strong employer relationships and leading excellence in apprenticeship delivery and assessment.
- Actively support the planning, preparation, and development of schemes of work, lesson plans, teaching and learning resources, assessment plans, Individual Training Plans (ITPs), and the setup of online portfolios to enhance apprentices’ learning experiences.
About You
- Level 3 qualification in any subject, English and Maths at Level 2 (or willing to improve), plus Level 3 in assessment, education and training, and Level 4 in Internal Quality Assurance.
- Proven track record of working with employers and successfully delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes.
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance frameworks and processes, with hands-on experience managing high-quality apprenticeship delivery.
- Ability to contribute to the development and delivery of strategies that improve retention, achievement, success, and attendance across learner groups.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across internal teams and external partners.
Interested but want to know more? Contact us on Careers@luminate.ac.uk for an informal chat before applying.
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
At University Centre Leeds, we provide a supportive higher education environment designed to promote and enhance independent learning. We have access to industry standard equipment unique to many of our subject areas. These range from our makeup studios to practical science labs.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. Choosing to work for University Centre Leeds means that you will be part of an inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to University Centre Leeds.
We are proud to be the highest rated for student satisfaction in Leeds for the third year running (National Student Survey 2022).
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. 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. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. 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 kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.
- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.
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