Apprenticeships Lead

Job Description:

Apprenticeship Lead
Hybrid: 1 day a week in the office | Permanent | Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Locations: London, Angel Court or Salford Quays office
Salary: From £43,000

Join Us in Making Health Happen
Are you passionate about shaping career pathways, elevating learning experiences, and driving meaningful impact across an entire organisation? At Bupa, we’re investing in the future of our people and we’re looking for a dynamic Apprenticeship Delivery Lead to help us take our UK-wide apprenticeship offering to the next level.

This is your chance to own a high-profile, high-impact portfolio that supports talent development across multiple business units, while leading a dedicated team and influencing the direction of learning

What You’ll Do
We want you to Lead with purpose, drive quality, compliance & innovation, own strategic provider partnerships and help shape Bupa’s apprenticeship strategy by:

• Oversee the day‑to‑day operations of our UK-wide apprenticeship programmes to ensure smooth, high-quality delivery across multiple business units.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a talented team, empowering them to deliver the best support to learners and the business.
• Lead governance and process improvements across all apprenticeship activity, ensuring we remain compliant, efficient, and adaptable in how we deliver learning.
• Produce meaningful insights and reporting that track learner success, engagement, and programme impact.
• Procure, onboard, and manage relationships with training providers, ensuring exceptional performance and rapid issue resolution when required.
• Act as our in-house subject matter expert on apprenticeships
• Project manage multiple concurrent programmes, coordinating delivery windows across various business units.

What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running, with:

• Leadership experience with a track record of developing high-performing teams.
• Deep knowledge of Apprenticeship funding and apprenticeship policy
• Strong programme and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple initiatives effortlessly.
• Confidence in negotiating and managing provider contracts and driving quality improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts
   

Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

People & HR

Locations:

Angel Court, London, Bupa Place