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
Lisa Wilson
Group Director for Apprenticeships and Employer Services
Julie Jeffery
Apprenticeship Manager - Science, Health and Care
T: 07507 113736
Mark Saric
Apprenticeship Manager - Business and Services
T: 07580 779340
Tracey Hutchinson
Apprenticeship Manager - Construction
T: 07773 623060
Simon Smithurst
Apprenticeship Manager - Engineering and Electrical
T: 07971 109560
Chris Todd
(Interim) Head of Operations: Apprenticeship Direct
T: 07979 488221
David Higham
(Interim) Head of Employer Engagement
T: 0115 945 7260
Sharon Isaacs
Partnerships Performance Manager
T: 07725 102845
Industry leads
Industry leads 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.
Hannah Wrench
Industry Lead: Support Services
T: 07423 641246
Jim Beard
Industry Lead - Construction & Low Carbon
T: 07423 637699
Nicole Richardson
Industry Lead: Automotive
T: 07423 643879
Sarah Newman
Industry Lead: Science, Health and 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.
Aman Sandhu
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07826 428072
Talisha Ricketts
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07423 636218
Kath Wilkinson
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07423 635329
Alicia Banks
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07423 649000
Jenni Walker
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07423 640235
Lizzy Fearn
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 07826 459075
Kaira McGregor
Apprentice Recruitment Administrator
T: 07826 507012
Ashleigh Oates
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 945 7512
Beth Hampson-Smith
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2269
Vicky Goudge
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2678
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
Olivia Shilvock
Employer Engagement Officer
T: 07423647620