Skills Pathways Manager

The Museum is looking for a Skills Pathways Manager.

About the role

Skills Pathways Manager
Fixed Term (18 months)
Full-time
Cosford
£30,000 per annum

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future – using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform, entertain and inspire everyone. Our Vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We are looking to recruit a Skills Pathways Manager at our Cosford site, as part of our HR and Volunteering team, to support the development of the Museum’s Skills Pathways Programme (apprenticeships, work experience and insight experiences) which provides opportunities and career pathways for young people and underrepresented groups. This is a new and exciting opportunity that is a key part of our Inspiring People Strategy.

The key responsibilities of this role include developing a Museum wide Skills Pathways Programme, to work with internal teams to further develop our existing offer, establish strong links with local agencies to identify new opportunities, coordinate recruitment and engagement of apprentices and work experience candidates by ensuring that the Museum is able to attract and recruit a diverse pool of candidates, particularly from under-represented groups.

The role would suit someone with previous experience of managing apprenticeships or working in a learning and development environment, who has excellent knowledge of the Apprenticeship Levy and the management of apprenticeship funds. Excellent communication skills are a must along with a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the ability to influence and build relationships with a range of stakeholders.

To apply:

• Please provide your current CV with a supporting statement which provides specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the competencies in the person specification. Please note that the shortlisting process will give greater weighting to the essential technical competencies. Please send the completed documents to jobs@rafmuseum.org with ‘Skills Pathways Manager’ on the subject line.

• Closing date for applications: 6 March 2022

• Interview date is to be confirmed.

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