Learning and Development Apprentice
CHELMER HOUSING PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Chelmsford (CM2 5LB)
Closes in 14 days (Thursday 28 August 2025)
Posted on 14 August 2025
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Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual who will support the planning and delivery of training sessions and development programmes, help maintain accurate employee records, schedule meetings, prepare materials, and update HR and L&D systems, and respond to basic queries from employees about development opportunities.
- Wage
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£15,300 a year
- Training course
- Learning and development practitioner (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, either 8am to 4pm, 8:30am to 4:30pm, 9am to 5pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Support the planning and delivery of training sessions and development programmes
- Help maintain accurate employee records and assist with reporting
- Schedule meetings, prepare materials, and update HR and Learning and Development systems
- Respond to basic queries from employees about training and development opportunities
- Assist with taking clear and confidential notes during HR meetings, such as investigations or employee relations discussions
- Work closely with the HR team to support wider people initiatives including recruitment support when required
Where you'll work
Myriad House
33 Springfield Lyons Approach, Springfield
Chelmsford
CM2 5LB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MBKB LTD
Training course
Learning and development practitioner (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identification of training/learning needs: Identify and analyse learning needs: establish team and individual capability and learning gaps, in line with organisational performance outcomes and to enable effective evaluation. This may include the needs of the staff impacted by the move to a net carbon zero economy by 2050 and the requirements for a just transition.
- Identification of training/learning needs: Use sound questioning and active listening skills to understand requirements and establish root causes i.e. establishing that it really is a learning/training need, before developing L&D solutions.
- Identification of training/learning needs: Consult with stakeholders to draw out relevant information and provide feedback to inform learning and training needs requirements.
- Identification of training/learning needs: Use effective analytical skills to seek out and analyse information.
- Identification of training/learning needs: Take ownership through to resolution, escalating complex situations as appropriate
- Training/Learning design: Design, construct and structure training / learning resources to meet a variety of needs, which will include:
- Training/Learning design: Research of delivery options and resources including digital / online / blended solutions (including identifying existing resources)
- Training/Learning design: Planning programmes / sessions / modules
- Training/Learning design: Selecting appropriate delivery methods
- Training/Learning design: Designing creative, engaging, appropriate, and inclusive learning activities (could be e-learning, digital collaboration, group sessions, blended etc.)
- Training/Learning design: Developing materials and resources to support learning.
- Training/Learning delivery: Confidently engage all learners in structured learner-centered training, primarily of ‘content-driven’ training resources.
- Training/Learning delivery: Plan, organise and prepare for a training/learning event/intervention in a timely fashion
- Training/Learning delivery: Interact with learners of varying abilities, using a broad range of techniques and carefully planned and executed questioning techniques.
- Training/Learning delivery: Facilitate and deliver learning in a face-to-face, blended and digital environment as appropriate.
- Training/Learning delivery: Monitor a learner’s progress and deliver motivational and developmental feedback.
- Training/Learning delivery: Manage participation, attitudes and behaviours to reach learning objectives.
- Training/Learning delivery: Use effective coaching skills to enable learners to achieve learning objectives.
- Evaluation: Evaluate the impact of learning solutions - measure and assess development initiatives for effectiveness, business relevance, efficiency, and continually seek ways to improve learning solutions.
- Evaluation: Build evaluation mechanisms for learning outcomes including the use of quantitative and qualitative feedback where appropriate.
- Evaluation: Apply techniques to analyse the impact of training from learners’ experience.
- Communication and Interpersonal: Communicate and influence through a range of media e.g. phone, face-to-face, email, online / virtual, adapting their style to their audience.
- Communication and Interpersonal: Build trust and sound relationships with customers/learners/colleagues.
- Communication and Interpersonal: Handle conflict and sensitive situations professionally and confidentially.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Consistently support colleagues / collaborate within the team and L&D to achieve results.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Build and maintain strong working relationships with others in the L&D team, HR and the wider business as required.
Training schedule
- Complete the Level 3 Learning and Development Practitioner with MBKB Ltd
- You'll be given time during your working week to complete assignments and undertake learning opportunities
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this employer
We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive. We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We'll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.
https://www.chp.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Healthcare cash plan. Reward and recognition scheme. Employee Assistance Programme. 15 hours volunteering leave. Great pension scheme. 25 days leave per annum, plus bank holidays. Closed between Christmas and New Year, and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Apprentices at CHP are encouraged to apply for future positions when their contract ends
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MBKB LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337198.
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Closes in 14 days (Thursday 28 August 2025)
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