Group Technology Apprentice - #143516

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday (28 hours office-based work per week plus a study day)

Duration: 3 years - the expectation is that on completion you will move into a role within a Technology Team aligning to your skills

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 203861

About The Role

Benefact Group are looking for two Apprentices to join our Group Technology Apprenticeship Programme in our Gloucester office.

We are looking for ambitious and talented individuals who show the potential to develop into high performing business professionals.

This opportunity is a three year programme that provides exposure to all aspects of our Group Technology function, allowing you to develop your technical expertise as well as professional and operational skills, all whilst studying for a BSc Degree Apprenticeship in Applied Digital Technology Solutions:

Applied Digital Technology Degree Apprenticeship - BPP

Join our programme to kick start your career in technology.

What You Will Be Doing

• You will receive a tailored induction and be supported throughout the scheme.
• The scheme structure combines focussed Technology Team placements, including Cyber Security, Data & Analytics, Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and more, all of which align with your Apprenticeship study modules.
• The final year will be made up of elective placements in the business areas of your choice and a final end-of-apprenticeship assessment.
  
  

What you can look forward to

You can look forward to four days a week of on-the-job learning, with hands on experience working on live business projects to help you develop skills and experience and one day a week of targeted learning with our apprenticeship training partner.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Studying 3 A levels with predicted grades of C or more (A levels in Maths, Science or Computer Science preferable).
• GCSEs in Maths and English
• Proficient IT skills in MS Office
  
  

What is the application process

Step 1: Online application – Use this as an opportunity to show why you would be good for the scheme and what you will bring to it. Application closing date: 9th June

Step 2: Telephone interview - these will take place on the 12th/13th June

Step 3: Group Assessment Centre activity - 7th July

Step 4: Face to face interview

What We Offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6-24%
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  
  

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

• Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26