Manager – Apprenticeships and Professional Skills

Job Description:

Location: 3 days a week at The VHQ, Crawley
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Flexible working – up to
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 26th September 2025

At Virgin Atlantic, we believe our people are the heart of our success. Our apprenticeship programmes are a vital part of shaping our future – attracting, developing, and nurturing talent at all levels of the business. As Manager – Apprenticeship Development, you’ll take the lead in shaping and delivering our apprenticeship portfolio, ensuring we build the skills needed today and for tomorrow. You’ll be the driving force behind our “Levy first” approach, maximising levy utilisation to create real impact – from developing future leaders to unlocking opportunities for internal talent. This is your chance to influence the skills agenda in aviation, both within Virgin Atlantic and across our industry.

Lead the design, delivery, and growth of our apprenticeship portfolio, ensuring alignment with our skills strategy and future talent needs
Partner with People Partners and Learning teams, and business leaders to identify apprenticeship opportunities that drive capability and future skills development
Champion and influence a “Levy first” mindset across the organisation, ensuring we maximise levy utilisation
Act as Virgin Atlantic’s subject matter expert on apprenticeships, staying ahead of changes in funding rules, legislation, and industry trends
Lead internal campaigns to raise awareness of apprenticeship opportunities, working with leadership teams and SMEs
Represent Virgin Atlantic externally, including the Department for Education (DfE), The Department for Transport (DfT), and the Aviation Industry Skills Board (AISB)
Build strong relationships with training providers, ensuring high-quality learner experiences and compliance
Lead and develop the Apprenticeship team, ensuring clarity, performance, and engagement

Experienced in designing and delivering apprenticeship strategies, with up-to-date knowledge of the DfE framework, levy funding rules, and DfE compliance
Confident influencing at all levels, with the ability to inspire and engage stakeholders in a skills-first vision
Skilled in building relationships with both internal teams and external bodies
Passionate about learning, talent development, and creating pathways for future careers
A natural leader who thrives on delivering results through collaboration and innovation
CIPD qualified (HR or Learning) or equivalent experience desirable

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitmentfly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

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Job Ident #: 21

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and operates to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from its main hub at London–Heathrow, and its secondary hub at Manchester

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Job Info

Location

Crawley, England United Kingdom, International, United Kingdom

Type

Permanent

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en