Coaching, Learning and Development Practitioners are typically involved with identifying learning and training needs and work to design or source training and learning solutions. Individuals in this role will support the delivery and evaluation of the training, working with stakeholder to ensure the training is effective and aligned with organisational needs.
Typical roles of individuals who would benefit from this programme include:
- Learning and Development Practitioner
- Training Coordinator
- Training Officer
- Learning Facilitator
- Workforce Development Officer
- Early Careers or Apprenticeship Coordinator
- Teaching and Learning Lead
- Digital Learning Coordinator
- HR or People Development Administrator
- Coach or Mentor with responsibility for developing others
Successful learners may progress to:
- Level 5 Learning and Development Consultant Business Partner
- Level 5 Coaching Professional
- People Development or Training Manager roles
- Specialist Learning and Organisational Development positions
To start this apprenticeship, you must have lived in the UK 3+ years minimum and have a form of UK ID required at enrolment. You must be age 16+ (with no upper age limit) with no prior learning within the area of study.
In addition, learners in this programme must also:
- Be employed in a role with responsibility for supporting, delivering or coordinating learning and development activities.
- Have access to learners, colleagues or stakeholders to enable workplace projects and coaching practice. (6 hours with maximum 2 people)
- Be able to plan, deliver and evaluate learning interventions.
- Have opportunities to work collaboratively with managers, HR and wider organisational stakeholders.
- Be able to undertake coaching activities with at least two individuals.
Have the support of their employer to complete workplace evidence and off-the-job learning.
Learners on this programme will complete an additional ILM Level 3 Award in Effective Coaching, developing practical coaching skills alongside the apprenticeship standard.
The programme develops expertise in:
- Workplace-Focused Learning
- Activities are designed around real organisational priorities, allowing learners to apply learning immediately.
- The programme develops expertise in:
- Learning design
- Facilitation
- Coaching
- Stakeholder management
- Evaluation and impact
- Reflective practice
The Coaching, Learning and Development Practitioner apprenticeship will help you develop the required skills for developing a career in management, coaching, or people development roles. These include identifying and analyse learning needs, establishing team and individual capability and learning gaps, in line with organisational performance outcomes and to enable effective evaluation.
This programme includes modules focused on the delivery of programmes focusing on how you can best manage participation, attitudes and behaviours to reach learning objectives and use effective coaching skills to enable learners to achieve learning objectives, helping you develop your coaching or management skills.
Programme content includes:
- Strategic L&D Foundations – Understand how learning and development drives organisational performance, culture and capability beyond just training delivery
- Learning Theory in Practice – Apply proven adult learning theories and modern approaches to design effective, engaging learning experiences
- Coaching Fundamentals (ILM) – Build core coaching skills, models and techniques to support learner growth and performance
- Ethical Coaching & Contracting (ILM) – Establish professional, ethical coaching relationships built on trust, clear boundaries and effective communication
- Coaching for Performance (ILM) – Use structured coaching models, tools and feedback to set goals, monitor progress and improve outcomes
- Engaging Facilitation Skills – Deliver interactive, learner-centred sessions across face-to-face, digital and blended environments
- Inclusive Learning Design – Create accessible, engaging learning solutions tailored to diverse learner needs and contexts
- Business-Focused Planning – Align learning solutions to organisational goals, performance data and workforce capability needs
- Stakeholder Consulting Skills – Confidently engage stakeholders, diagnose needs and co-design impactful learning solutions
- Measuring Impact & Improvement (ILM) – Evaluate learning effectiveness using data and feedback to demonstrate value and drive continuous improvement
