Early Careers and Apprenticeship Specialist

Location: The Globe Hours: 37.5 hours per week Department: Learning & Development Contract: Maternity Cover Ready to help shape the next generation of Bensons talent? At Bensons, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and build a career they can be proud of. That's where you come in! We're looking for an Early Careers & Apprenticeship Specialist to join our Learning & Development team on a maternity cover basis. You'll play a key role in managing our apprenticeship programmes across the business, while also helping us deliver exciting early careers initiatives. From supporting an apprentice on their first day to helping them reach the finish line, you'll be there throughout the journey — making sure our learners and managers have the support they need to succeed. What will you be doing? You'll be the go-to person for all things apprenticeships and early careers, including: Managing apprenticeship activity across our Retail and Manufacturing teams, making sure everything runs smoothly and our levy funding is used effectively. Coordinating apprentices throughout their journey, from application and onboarding through to completion. Working closely with apprentices, managers, People Partners, and training providers to ensure everyone gets the support they need. Keeping track of learner progress, spotting any challenges early, and helping to remove barriers. Managing our apprenticeship records, systems, and Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) activity, ensuring everything is accurate and up to date. Building strong relationships with our training providers and early careers partners. Supporting early careers initiatives such as work experience, workplace visits, site visits, university placements, and other programmes. Supporting DWP Youth Jobs Grant and Youth Guarantee activity. Helping with wider Learning & Development activity, including corporate and support-function inductions. Ultimately, you'll help make sure our apprentices