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
Head of Operations - Apprenticeships Direct
T: 07958402316
Mark Saric
Apprenticeship Manager - Business and Services
T: 07580 779340
Tracey Hutchinson
Apprenticeship Manager - Construction
T: 07773 623060
Sharon Isaacs
Partnerships Performance Manager
T: 07725 102845
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.
Katrina Farrand
Strategic Business Partner – Engineering & Construction
T: 07826 420558
Hannah Wrench
Strategic Business Partner – Public, Service & Business
T: 07423 641246
Jim Beard
Skills Solutions Consultant – Construction & Engineering
T: 07423 637699
Nicole Richardson
Skills Solutions Consultant – Public, Service & Business
T: 07423 643879
Stacey Holmes
Skills Solutions Consultant – Automotive
T: 07826 418812
Jenni Walker
Skills Solutions Consultant - Health Science
T: 07773 622971
Vicky Goudge
Skills Solutions Consultant – Construction & Engineering
T: 07423 640235
Sarah Newman
Skills Solutions Consultant – Science, Health & Care
T: 07423 639556
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.
Talisha Ricketts
Recruitment Co-ordinator
T: 07423 636218
Kaira McGregor
Apprentice Recruitment Administrator
T: 07826 507012
Ashleigh Oates
Skills Solutions Consultant – Automotive
T: 0115 945 7512
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.
Joanne Smith
Employer Workforce Development Lead
T: 07423 635347
Declan Manning
Employer Engagement Officer
T: 07423 646975
Sally Semak
Employer Workforce Development Lead
T: 07423647620