Skills Coach - Project Management
Job Type Permanent Curriculum / Service Area Engineering Campus / Location University Centre Hours per week 37 Part-Year? No Post scale Skills Coach Post Scale Range (FTE) £31, Closing Date 20/02/ Documents
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The Role
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is seeking an Apprenticeship Skills Coach to join the Project Management Centre of Excellence Team.
This role plays an important part in supporting high-quality, compliant apprenticeship delivery with a focus on performance, quality assurance and continuous improvement ensuring every apprentice receives an exceptional learning experience.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong digital skills, and quality and compliance expertise who is passionate about enhancing the apprentice journey.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
2. Work closely with our Project Management Team and colleagues across B&FC to provide a consistent, supportive journey for apprentices.
3. Support apprentices on the Project Management Degree Apprenticeship throughout their higher education journey, ensuring they receive wraparound support from both the academic team and their employer to succeed in their qualification.
4. Liaise with employers to maintain a collaborative, tripartite approach, arrange progress reviews, set targets, and implement early intervention strategies.
5. Support apprentices to track their progress and build a strong portfolio via our ePortfolio system (OneFile), ensuring all on-programme requirements are met to keep learners on the path to success.
What We’re Looking For
6. Experience in a project management role or environment.
7. A degree-level qualification.
8. Prior experience working with apprentices and knowledge of UK apprenticeship frameworks and requirements.
9. Excellent communication skills and IT capability and ideally experience with OneFile or similar ePortfolio systems.
10. Ability to work in a flexible, online environment that fits modern working practices.
Interested? Apply Early!
If this opportunity excites you, submit your application as soon as possible. We may close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
How we support you
At Blackpool and The Fylde College, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to take part in our selection process, please let the hiring manager or People Team know before your interview so we can make sure you have the support you need to perform at your best.
This position attracts a competitive salary plus a potential non-contractual scarcity payment (T&Cs Apply). Please discuss at interview stage.
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified™
11. Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
12. Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
13. Competitive pension scheme:
14. Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
15. Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 15.4% employer contribution
16. Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
17. Agile working opportunities
18. Enhanced Family friendly policies
19. Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
20. Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, days a year
21. Occupational Health
22. FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
23. FREE eye tests
24. Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
25. FREE healthy breakfast
26. Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
27. Health and beauty salon
28. Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
29. Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
30. FREE car parking
31. Car lease scheme
32. Cycle to work scheme
33. Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks
Our Safeguarding Responsibilities
B&FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. All colleagues are required to complete safeguarding training and uphold the College’s policies and procedures to ensure a safe and supportive environment for learners.
All roles at B&FC are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order (as amended), and employment is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, verification of qualifications and references, and the right to work in the UK. The amendments to the Act ( and ) mean that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the
For further information on DBS, please click If you would like a copy of our Safeguarding Policy, please email .