Department for Education

I would like to say it has been great please pleasure completing the Level 3 Team Leadership. I have built connections with the apprentice and my tutor. The workshops were interesting and easy to follow. The assignments were straight forward. I felt conf...

Working within the Recruitment team for the Department for Education. Dealing with external, internal and OGD transfers and promotions. Issuing salary calculations and contracts to all new starters. Ensuring they are added to the Departments payroll sy...

Working in the HR Policy and Employee Relations team, I am responsible for reviewing, updating and improving HR policies and guidance for the HR handbook. I also provide administrative support to various groups across HR/the department.

I had a really positive experience with the DfE Apprenticeship. It was a great opportunity to get my foot in the door of the Civil Service and gain valuable insight into how the department operates. The programme was well-organised, with clear structure...

As a developer I learnt how to build apps, flows and reports using Microsoft Power Platform. I gained a good understanding of how to build applications using Microsoft PowerApps with the use of Microsoft Dataverse as a database. I took advantage of Micros...

Reviewing and approving journals, collating information into a monthly reporting pack for the executive team, workforce analysis, stakeholder management, ad hoc projects.

As Head of the Payroll Department my role involves a variety of tasks including the need to be flexible. Evaluating who requires the highest priority of myself and the team is a daily occurance. My day to day involves reviewing where the team are within t...

Analysing the financial health of academy trusts and taking action where required, whether that is through supportive engagement or formal intervention. Providing well-informed recommendations to senior leaders. Engaging with internal and external stakeho...

My role involves helping to design and implement the pay and reward strategy of DfE, including setting and monitoring reward budgets and spend, managing job evaluations, answering employee queries, writing/implementing policy and working on ad-hoc project...

i am a team leader in the DFE leading a team that has oversight of the academies programme in a local geographic area

I received excellent support from my employer throughout my apprenticeship, which enabled me to gain additional training and take on more responsibilities

I currently manage the Reservist Programme within the department, ensuring that we have the right capabilities and strategic planning in place to respond effectively to major incidents in education establishments. I lead on designing and delivering recrui...

In my role, I assist schools and trusts with the academisation and transfer process. This involves holding and scheduling regular meetings with schools, multi academy trusts, Local authorities and solicitors and working collaboratively with them to see a...

I am a policy analyst who analyses data for school funding and academies and free schools. I also lead the team, which means weekly catch ups and project managing towards a publication.

Leading a small team to support trusts and provide oversight of management information and progress towards key performance indicators

I worked collaboratively with colleagues to review and redraft HR policies in order to set up a new HR Handbook. Elements of the role also included leading in updating the intranet in line with departmental policies and accessibility regulations, ensuring...

An apprenticeship that covered compliance which was comprehensive and detailed. It considered investigating skills and key issues in compliance I'm the UK public service.

The DfE supported me through the process well. The dedicated apprenticeships team was on hand when I had problems with the provider Realise. My apprenticeship got off to a shaky start as there were issues with the tutor Realise provided, and my entire coh...