Meet the apprenticeships and employer services team
Find out who works within our apprenticeships and employer services team and their roles and responsibilities.
Apprenticeships and Employer Services Management Team
Lindsey Smith
Assistant Principal for Apprenticeships
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Sharon Isaacs
Partnerships Performance Manager
T: 07725 102845
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Maxine Blake
Head of Industries
T: 0115 945 7260
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Paul Slater
Head of Apprenticeships — EMTEC
T: 0115 945 7200
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Jackie Beaumont
Curriculum Lead — Construction
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Rachael Singh
Head of Apprenticeships — Science, Creative and Business and Services
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Tracey North
Head of Apprenticeships — Construction
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Ken Hale
Head of Apprenticeships – Engineering
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Ben Simpson
Curriculum Manager — Light Vehicle
T: 0115 945 7200
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Natasha Robinson
Curriculum Manager — Science
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Amy Holmes
Curriculum Manager — Creative and Business Services
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Lesley Chapman
Curriculum Manager — Creative and Business Services
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James Swift
Director of Bids Projects and Planning
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Christine Wood
Interim Science Apprenticeship Manager
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Strategic Business Partners
Mark Johnson
Strategic Business Partner
T: 07580 528020
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Skills Solutions Consultants
Skills Solutions Consultants are business engagement specialists, each looking after a specific sector. Building relationships with local employers to manage the delivery and recruitment of industry specific apprenticeships. Supporting employers through the apprentice recruitment journey.
Stacey Holmes
Senior Skills Solutions Consultant — Automotive (Emtec)
T: 07826 418812
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Jenni Walker
Skills Solutions Consultant — Engineering
T: 07773 622971
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Aman Sandhu
Skills Solutions Consultant — Business
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- MarÂketÂing, busiÂness develÂopÂment and recruitÂment for apprenÂticeÂship proÂgrammes nationÂalÂly
- Skilled in employÂer and comÂmuÂniÂty engageÂment
- ProÂvide career counÂselling, coachÂing, and student/​job seekÂer serÂvices
- ProÂvides inforÂmaÂtion, advice and guidÂance to potenÂtial apprentices
Rebecca Powditch
Employer Engagement Officer
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Hannah Rogers
Employer Engagement Officer — Creative
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Sarah Newman
Skills Solution Consultant — Science
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Work Placement Team
Work Placement Officers are employer focused and build relationships with local organisations to promote the benefits of supporting a young person on a work placement and support employers through the work placement journey.
Our Work Placement Team works directly with employers to place students into short work experience programmes for the benefit of both our students and employers. For more about this time and what it does, take a look at our work placement page.
Recruitment team
Our team of recruitment officers work to find the best candidates for your vacancies. We work to develop candidates to prepare them for interview and we manage the recruitment process, on your behalf, from start to finish. If you are currently an employer who is interested in taking on another apprentice, this is the team to talk to.
Kath Wilkinson
Recruitment Advisor — Construction
T: 07423 635329
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Anja Weaver
Senior Recruitment Lead
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Luke Percival
Recruitment Administrator
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Projects team
The Projects Team work on a range of employer led projects that help to address local skills gaps and provide employers with strategies to successfully attract, train and retain local talent.
Sally Semak
Employer Workforce Development Lead
T: 07423647620
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Elijah Botsie
Projects coordinator
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