Apprenticeship Funding & Audit Officer - Remote in Manchester

Overview: Apprenticeship Funding & Compliance Officer - Remote

This is a fully remote, home-based position open to candidates throughout England.

Recruiting on behalf of an apprenticeship training provider, we are looking to talk with experienced apprenticeship funding and compliance professionals.

This is a hands-on operational role involving the management of apprenticeship learner changes, funding compliance, audit activity and reporting.

The role is fully remote. Working hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Salary and benefits: Apprenticeship Funding & Compliance Officer - Remote

• £32k - £36k starting salary (depending on experience, potentially higher salary for the right candidate)
• Full-time, permanent position
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Excellent benefits package
• Opportunities for career progression and professional development

Key Responsibilities: Apprenticeship Funding & Compliance Officer - Remote

• Managing apprenticeship learner changes, including withdrawals, breaks in learning, returns to learning, changes of employer and completions
• Processing learner changes accurately within the apprenticeship MIS, ensuring compliance with funding rules and ILR requirements
• Managing Recognition of Prior Learning and Experience (RPL/RPLE), including reviewing evidence and processing appropriate reductions
• Conducting learner-file compliance checks and funding audits, including enrolment eligibility, training plans and off-the-job training evidence
• Identifying funding risks, discrepancies and potential funding adjustments or refunds
• Monitoring outstanding compliance actions, ensuring issues are followed through to resolution
• Producing regular compliance and funding reports for senior management

Essential Experience: Apprenticeship Funding & Compliance Officer - Remote

• Extensive experience and knowledge of apprenticeship funding and compliance within the English apprenticeship training sector
• Strong working knowledge of current apprenticeship funding rules and ILR requirements
• Hands-on experience processing learner changes, including withdrawals, breaks in learning and changes of employer
• Experience reviewing or processing RPL/RPLE
• Experience working with apprenticeship MIS software, such as Aptem
• Experience conducting apprenticeship learner-file compliance audits and checking funding evidence
• Strong Excel, analytical and reporting skills
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and take ownership of compliance processes

Experience supporting external ESFA/DfE funding audits would also be advantageous.