Apprentice Manager Review

I manage apprentices within the Home Office, providing advice to staff and line managers. I work with apprenticeship providers, managing our contracts and solving issues staff may have during their learning experience.

I have further developed my stakeholder management skills and increased my data presentation skills.

I really enjoy the programme. Not all the modules are 100% relevant to my day to day role, but it does push me to find our more about HR and what else happens in HR around me.

I think the programme is well structured. The modules seem to follow a logical pattern, and it's clear to understand deadlines for piece of work I need to submit.

As I work in the apprenticeship team I receive a lot of support! I always have enough OTJ hours each week and I can be flexible with when I do my work. My line manager is around if I have questions.

We have a group teaching session at the start of each new module, which imparts a lot of new knowledge. I also have my regular teaching session with my coach. These aren't as informative but still good to have.

I don't think the qualification will directly impact my current role all that much, but I do feel that it will set me up with skills and knowledge which will be useful if I want to move to another part of HR in the future.

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I think you have to want to work in Civil Service, and a lot of work is operational. It can be hard to find a job outside of the operational area.

Follow the application information online as much as possible and don't be put off by the process driven environment it is.