Milton Keynes College are looking to appoint two experts within the field of Engineering to motivate and inspire learners through planning and delivering effective learning programmes for Apprentices.

Our Workplace Trainers play an integral role in the success of our Apprentices by ensuring quality learning and assessment takes place throughout the Apprenticeship. Engineering is an increasingly popular field and attracts a high number of learners each year. Milton Keynes is a fast growing town with a large proportion of local employers growing their Apprenticeship offering enticing the Engineers of the future into their organisations. With Engineering opportunities on a global scale, our Apprentices are keen to succeed and develop their skills for their exciting career aspirations. Our Apprentices are specialising in Mechanical, Electrical and Mechatronic Engineering.

As a Workplace Trainer, your role will be dynamic, varied and highly rewarding working with employers, Apprentices and curriculum teams. You will be assigned a caseload of Apprentices to train and assess throughout the evolution of their Apprenticeship. You will maintain a strong working relationship with your Apprentices and employer links to ensure that Apprenticeship framework standards are being met and that Apprentices are progressing to complete on time.

As a successful candidate you will have…

• A minimum of a level 3 qualification in Engineering
• A degree in Engineering, or the desire to work towards achieving this
• A teaching qualification, or be willing to work towards this
• An Assessor/Verifier Award, or be willing to work towards this
• Relevant Engineering experience and/or occupational competence in the subject
• Experience of designing and delivering workplace skills and knowledge training sessions
• Experience of assessing NVQ/Apprenticeships
• The ability to assess/train creatively, adapting to the needs of a variety of students and be willing to explore new learning strategies
• Well-developed interpersonal skills
• The ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
• Good organisational skills and be able to meet deadlines

Location: Milton Keynes

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum

Closing date: Sunday 16th July 2017

More about the rewards

• 30 days annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays
• Able to apply for an NUS Extra Card, offering a wide range of High Street Discounts
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Just Add Fuel Car Salary Exchange Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers
• On-site Early Years Nursery
• Discounts within The Graduate Salon and The Brasserie restaurant, based at Bletchley Campus
• Continued Professional Development Opportunities
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Free Parking at our main campuses
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributions towards Eye Tests for Visual Display users
• Plus many more

More about the College

Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying traditional A Levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education. In addition, the College delivers employability and key skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres and is one of the largest providers of Offender Learning in England, working with 28 prisons across the East Midlands, South Central and West Midlands.

For further information

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