The duties include the following, with strong emphasis throughout on promoting and selling the host opportunity to prospective workplace hosts:

• Ensure compliant use of LIS and document management systems/inclusive of Google Drive

is according to company standards and conventions.

• Adhere to documents, information and learner records safety and security.

• Adhere to quality requirements.

• Adhere to reporting requirements and ensure deadlines are met.

Host Recruitment, Sales & Sourcing

• Proactively source, pitch to, and recruit host employers, selling the value proposition of the

hosting opportunity in line with QCTO objectives.

• Build a strong sales pipeline of prospective hosts and maintain a host database segmented by industry and location, tracking leads through to signed partnerships.

• Prepare and deliver persuasive presentations introducing SMEs to identified, approved host employers, positioning Signa Academy as the partner of choice.

• Drive new business through cold calling, face-to-face meetings, and compelling sales

presentations that convert prospects into onboarded hosts.

• While closing new host partnerships, ensure hosts meet OHS and programme-specific

requirements.

• Conduct field visits and workplace readiness assessments as part of the host onboarding and

sales-closing process.

Learner Profiling and Placement

• Profile learners for appropriate placement, ensuring the strongest possible pitch and culture fit with hosts.

• Liaise with recruitment and placement teams.

• Match learners to suitable host employers based on qualification and career goals, presenting each learner

• as a strong value proposition to the host.

• Place learners with hosts, manage communications, and coordinate all placement admin closing out

• each successful sale of the hosting opportunity.

• Ensure resources and tools are provided to learners for workplace readiness.

• Ensure learners are placed only with reputable, approved workplace environments that reflect

well on the Signa Academy brand.

• Workplace should be ready for learner placements according to the roll out plan.

• Successfully sell and place learners with host employers, managing all communication, queries and administration throughout.

• Ensuring all learners have all the relevant resources for facilitated workplace.

• Advise the Campus Manager of venue /host site challenges to ensure learner attendance,

tracking and safety.

• Control and monitor workplace and placements.

Learner Management: Monitoring and Evaluation

• Facilitate the learner readiness program for workplace and for absorption.

• Facilitate learners on all Signa Academy placed at workplace.

• Collaborate with relevant Signa and / or host employer management in dealing with HR

issues and all emergencies

• Monitor learner progress and performance at host workplacesthrough regular check-ins

• Perform Site visits as required and adhoc site visits on request of host employer

• Ensure all required administration is conducted for learners placed at workplace

• Assist learners with challenges and if unable to resolve them then refer these to the Campus Manager

• Keep learners focused on completing the Qualification

• Ensure that Learner disabilities are reasonably accommodated, reported and monitored

• Maintain professional and ethical conduct with allstakeholders and

• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, in particular labour legislation, QCTO /SETA

requirements and POPI Act policies, practices, processes, and procedures for effective

workplace experience and programme success.

• Ensure Learner wellness while in the workplace.

• Assist and support learners to find permanent employment upon completion of learnership

program.

QCTO Compliance & Workplace-Based Learning

● Ensure workplace hosts are assessed for suitability against the specific requirements of the relevant qualification and workplace modules.

● Ensure learners receive workplace exposure aligned to the occupational qualification and

required workplace outcomes.

● Monitor the quality and relevance of workplace learning and address any gaps.

● Ensure appropriate workplace mentors or supervisors are designated.

● Provide guidance to host representatives regarding their responsibilities towards learner

development, attendance, performance and workplace learning.

Mentoring & Coaching learners

● Have one on one session with Learners as required.

● Review and assess learner progress in line with appropriate quality assurance.

● Liaise with the workplace project coordinator / authorized company representative

with regards to learner attendance.

● Ensure attendance registers are submitted to workplace project coordinator /

authorised company representative.

● Provide feedback, guidance, and support to learners and hosts to optimise the workplace

experience, reinforcing the value of the partnership and resolving any issues.

● Inform the workplace project coordinator / authorised company representative with

regards to learners who have a bad attendance record

● Take reasonable steps to ensure adequate protection of all confidential information

including portfolios of evidence.

● Work within an agreed contractual arrangement and in accordance with policies and

procedures and the standard framework documents

● Liaise regularly with the workplace project coordinator / authorized company

representative.

● Assess the effectiveness of the host-learner relationship and ensure that both learners

and hosts are adhering to program standards.

● Make recommendations where necessary.

● Ensure all learners complete workplace.

Stakeholder Engagement

● Maintain excellent working relationships with internal and externalstakeholders.

● Attend meetings as required.

● Build networks and manage relationships with key community stakeholders, using every

interaction to promote the host opportunity.

● Champion strategies that promote learner retention and continually reinforce the value of

the host partnership throughout the learner’s time with the host employer.

● Facilitate discussions between learners and hosts regarding potential employment

opportunities post- training.

● Work with hosts to maximize learner absorption into permanent roles upon program

completion.

● Actively market and promote Signa Academy and the host opportunity in the local

community/potential markets/sources of learners and hosts alike.

Reporting

● Maintain accurate records and reports on LIS.

● Submit detailed weekly and monthly reports.

● Ensure data integrity and compliance with POPIA and labour regulations.

● Reflect critically on workplace risks and propose improvements.