BE287-23 – Apprenticeship Project Manager

Stoke Campus

Salary:  

£38,205 to £44,263
Per Annum Full Time Fixed Term Until 31/07/2024

Release Date:  

Tuesday 09 January 2024

Closing Date:  

Tuesday 16 January 2024

Interview Date:  

To be confirmed

Reference:  

BE287-23

Please note: this job is only available to current employees of the University

About the role

Staffordshire University has successfully bid for funding allocated by the Office for Students (OfS) for degree level apprenticeships; this will support the university’s ambitions to significantly grow its degree apprenticeship provision.  Staffordshire University is currently one of the largest providers of degree apprenticeships with work-integrated learning central to the university’s vision for next generation education, experience, and engagement. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager taking on the project management of the Office for Students (OfS) Degree Apprenticeships funding competition.  The Project will deliver and control the plan to increase capacity and new starts on current and new degree level apprenticeship provision.  Working closely with internal and external colleagues, the successful candidate will lead all aspects of the project following the Office for Students (OfS) governance arrangements required to ensure the successful delivery of the Project, 

Main Responsibilities 

• Takes responsibility for the project management, compliance, documentation, and safe and compliant execution of this Office for Students (OfS) Degree Apprenticeship Funding Bid, engaging with stakeholders and actively participating in all phases of the project. Identifies, assesses, and manages risks and issues which could affect the success of the project.
• Effectively estimates and manages costs, outputs, outcomes, timescales, and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the project to agreed funding agreements and OfS funding and apprenticeship rules and monitoring regulations.
• Ensures that realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained and tracking all activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders, as appropriate. Lead and manage monitoring audits as and when required. 
• Monitors costs, timescales and resources used, and acts where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensures that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria. Prepares data and reports as required. 
• Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed and signed off within planned cost, timescale, and resource budgets. 
• Provides effective project management and takes appropriate action where performance deviates from agreed targets and performance tolerances including the outputs or outcomes. 
• Ensures that the project plans are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and actioned. Produces appropriate documentation to support these processes.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations/decisions as appropriate.
• Reports progress on projects plan activities, performance, and forecasts.
• Assesses risks inherent in proposed changes, to ensure any potential scheduling and performance issues have minimum impact.
• Contributes to the delivery and the measurement of activities that ensure that the benefits described in the Office for Students (OfS) bid are achieved.

Contact For Informal Discussion

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Jo Phillips – [email protected]

This post is externally funded, and is for a fixed-term period until 31st July 2024.

Who is Staffordshire University? 

Staffordshire University is an award-winning institution with over 100 years’ experience in delivering excellent higher education. Our main Stoke-on-Trent campus is located in the heart of the UK, with Centres of Excellence located in the towns of Stafford and Shrewsbury.

After a highly successful year in 2019, which included entering THE World University rankings for the first time, securing TEF Gold, and climbing in all the league tables, our University has constantly expanded its physical presence through new and industry-leading building developments and facilities. Looking towards our 2030 strategy, we are now transforming specific business processes to improve the student experience and integrate a wider feeling of inclusion and safety for our on-campus community.

Rewards and Benefits

In return for your dedication we have a competitive benefits package available

•    Competitive incremental rates of Pay
•    32 days Annual Leave plus 11 days Bank Holiday and Discretionary days
•    Excellent Pension Scheme
•    Access to continued professional and personal development
•    An opportunity to become part of the wider University community
•    Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
•    Discounted Health & Fitness Facilities on site at the Stoke Campus
•    Discounted Travel by Rail or Bus, with the option of season tickets loans

At Staffordshire University, we believe that every student and staff member needs to be carbon literate if we are to help tackle the climate emergency and achieve our One Planet Pledge of carbon neutrality by 2030, and we are proud of our Bronze Carbon Literacy Award status. As part of our ongoing commitment we particularly encourage applications from candidates who have already completed carbon literacy training, or are prepared to undertake this training as part of their ongoing professional development.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. All applicants are advised to complete and submit your applications as soon as possible. 

Further details:

Staffordshire University is committed to promoting and enabling a positive culture where staff, students and visitors are confident to be their authentic selves. We focus on inclusion as a way to ensure equality of opportunity for all our people and to demonstrate our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Human Rights.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits a diverse organisation can bring for the University. 

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, who are currently under-represented in the University workforce.