Centre Manager (Grimsby)

Centre Manager – Grimsby
(Full-Time)

£34,834 to £38,223 PA (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

Interview Dates: TBC

Ready to lead a team, shape learner success and make a real impact?

Are you an experienced manager with a background in education, apprenticeships, training or work-based learning who is ready to take the next step in your career?

Avant Skills Academy is seeking a confident, motivated and experienced Centre Manager to lead our Grimsby training centre, taking responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the centre and ensuring we continue to provide a high-quality learning experience for our apprentices, learners and employers.

This is a varied and influential role, combining people management, curriculum and quality oversight, learner experience, safeguarding, employer engagement and centre performance.

You’ll lead and support a team of Programme Tutor Assessors, engagement staff and centre support colleagues, creating an environment where both learners and team members can develop, succeed and achieve their potential.

You’ll also play an important role in maintaining high standards across our learning programmes, supporting quality assurance, monitoring learner progress and achievement, helping drive recruitment and income targets, and ensuring the centre meets funding, awarding body, audit and inspection requirements.

As a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) for the centre, you’ll also work closely with our safeguarding team to help ensure our learners are safe, supported and able to thrive.

If you’re a strong people manager who understands further education, apprenticeships or work-based learning and enjoys bringing together people, performance and quality, this could be the opportunity for you.

With a competitive salary package, generous benefits and the opportunity to genuinely influence the experience of learners, employers and colleagues, this full-time role offers more than just a management position, it’s an opportunity to help shape the continued success of our Grimsby training centre.

What we’re looking for:

We’re particularly interested in someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience of managing and developing a team.

• Experience within an education, learning and development or training environment.

• Knowledge and experience of work-based learning and apprenticeship programmes.

• Understanding of 16–19 education programmes.

• Knowledge of funding, audit, compliance and inspection requirements.

• Strong leadership and people-management skills.

• Excellent communication and organisational ability.

• Confidence in managing performance and addressing challenges effectively.

• Strong problem-solving and project-management skills.

• The ability to build effective working relationships with learners, employers, colleagues and external partners.

• A commitment to high-quality teaching, learning and learner outcomes.

• A commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.

The successful candidate would hold, or be prepared to work towards, a Level 5 management qualification. A teaching or training qualification, together with assessor and internal quality assurance qualifications, would also be beneficial.

Ready to lead a centre where learners, employers and people can succeed?

Why join us?

In return, you can expect an attractive salary, a contribution pension scheme with 7.5% employer contribution, an additional day off for your birthday, Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) with paid time off to support a charity or community group/initiative/project of your choice, a company iPhone with unlimited calls, Laptop and travel expenses combined with genuine career progression opportunities.

To apply, download the application pack, refer to the Job Description and complete the Employment Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. Please return your completed forms to jobs@avant.ac.uk

In line with safer recruitment practices, the Application Form is the only acceptable method of applying for a job with Avant Skills Academy. A CV is not an acceptable alternative and must not be submitted as part of the application process.

Please ensure you pay close attention to the information in the Employment Application Form Guidance Notes, matching your experience, knowledge and skills to the key responsibilities and objectives in the Job Description.

We would advise for compatibility reasons that the application form is completed on a computer as opposed to a mobile device.

This post requires the completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced criminal records check.

Apply today and shape the future of business and data professionals!

Downloads:

Job Description

Employment Application Form

Employment Form Guidance

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form