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 Apprenticeships and Ruddington Centre Lead
T: 07958402316

Sharon Isaacs
Partnerships Performance Manager
T: 07725 102845





Stuart Saunders
Apprenticeship Manager — EMTEC
T: 0115 945 7200

Ben Simpson
Apprenticeship Manager — EMTEC
T: 0115 945 7200

Tracey Hutchinson
Apprenticeship Manager — Construction
T: 07773 623060

Rachael Singh
Apprenticeship Manager — Science, Health and Care

Lesley Arnold
Apprenticeship Manager – Business and Services


David Higham
Head of Growth and Innovation
T: 07885 221455

James Swift
Director of Bids Projects and Planning
T: 2341
Strategic Business Partners

Katrina Farrand
Strategic Business Partner
T: 07826 420558

Mark Johnson
Strategic Business Partner
T: 07580 528020

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
T: 07826 418812

Jenni Walker
Skills Solutions Consultant
T: 07773 622971

Vicky Goudge
Skills Solutions Consultant
T: 07423 640235

Aman Sandhu
Skills Solutions Consultant
- Marketing, business development and recruitment for apprenticeship programmes nationally
- Skilled in employer and community engagement
- Provide career counselling, coaching, and student/job seeker services
- Provides information, advice and guidance to potential apprentices
T: 07826 428072


Ashleigh Oates
Skills Solutions Consultant
T: 0115 945 7512

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.


Kaira McGregor
Recruitment Co-ordinator
T: 07826 507012








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

Diane Garfield
Faculty Support Manager
- Emtec team leader for administration and support across all Emtec programmes
- Qualified, competent delivery of administration processes
- A depth of knowledge regarding college and commercial programmes
T: 0115 945 7200

Rebecca Powditch
Employer Engagement Officer
T: 07971109856
