Apprenticeship Advisor Rohe 4

About the role

The Apprenticeship Advisor works with learners to promote enrolments into the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 4), providing support, guidance and assessment for apprentices, and works with the sectors that Careerforce supports to promote apprenticeships. You will be based in Christchurch and responsible for servicing a region which includes Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. This region may also include the West Coast. Travel will be required, along with overnight stays.

Key responsibilities

• Assessing the New Zealand certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 4) apprenticeship programme
• Providing solutions to support the timely completion of apprenticeships
• Facilitating communities of apprentices
• Providing pastoral care and support to apprentices
• Working with workplaces to increase the uptake of apprenticeships
• Networking across the sectors that Careerforce supports

About you

• Extensive and recent experience in one or more of the following sectors is essential: Health, Aged care, Home and Community support, Diversional therapy, Disability support
• A health qualification is essential
• A NZQA 4098-unit standard certification and relevant assessment experience
• Has a passion for supporting people to succeed in the health and wellbeing sectors
• Can establish credibility and maintain effective relationships from experience managing a portfolio of clients
• Has the ability to create new and strengthen existing partnerships with diverse stakeholders within the community
• Has proven experience working and interacting effectively with people at all levels in varied work environments, and from a range of community groups
• Can effectively prioritise workload and work autonomously to meet targets
• Can work effectively within a distributed team environment
• Demonstrates a commitment to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience working with CRM and LMS systems
• A clean, full New Zealand Driver Licence

About us

Careerforce sits under the Education, Health, and Community Industry Skills Board. We support employers across New Zealand to run workplace training programmes for the health, mental health, aged care, disability, social services, youth work, cleaning and pest management sectors. We provide quality accessible and flexible programmes that allow staff to achieve nationally recognised qualifications on the job. We are a passionate organisation who really cares about improving the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders through workforce development.

Benefits

• Flexible working, WFH equipment, vehicle, mobile phone
• Great professional development opportunities
• Volunteer day
• Birthday leave