Apprenticeships - The application process

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Apprenticeships

Looking to start the next exciting stage of your career with one of our apprenticeships?

You’ve come to the right place. The information below will tell you all you need to know to make a great application.

Extra Support

If you need extra support, let us know. We value diversity and recruit people based on their strengths and what they can bring to our Group, rather than their experience. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of their background, identity or culture.

And don’t worry if the programme you’re interested in is currently closed for applications, just register your interest, and we’ll be in touch as soon as opportunities are available again.

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Application Process

Apply online

If you’re interested in one of our apprenticeship programmes, hit the apply button and complete the short application form. You’ll need to tell us a little about yourself and the qualifications you have.   If you meet our minimum entry criteria, you’ll be invited to the next stage of the process.  If you meet our minimum entry criteria, you’ll be invited to the next stage of the process. 

Online assessments

We’ll assess your motivation, strengths, values and behaviours. There may also be assessments of your critical thinking, technical or mathematical ability depending on which role you’ve applied for.   You may need a pen, paper and a calculator for some of these assessments. Make sure you’ve got them handy before you start. 

Selection Event

We can confirm that as part of our apprenticeship program, candidates will need to complete written assignments throughout their learning journey. Therefore, we require candidates to complete this stage before you are considered for an assessment centre.

Assessment day or interview

The final stage of our recruitment process varies depending on the apprenticeship you have applied for. It might be an interview or an assessment day, either via Microsoft Teams or face-to-face. We’ll let you know.   Whatever form this final stage takes, we aim to get the best from you. We’ll do all we can to help you showcase your skills and let the ‘real you’ shine. 

Useful tips

We want to know how you feel about our industry and why it interests you. And we’d love to hear examples of how you live our values. Whether it’s your experience of volunteering or your ambitions to get involved in our charity work, how can you help us achieve our purpose of helping Britain prosper while achieving your goals too?

Strengths-based interviews are a bit different to traditional assessments. We want to learn where your natural skills lie, so be sure you’re ready to tell us. And if you’re invited to an assessment day, we’ll be looking to see how you do things across various exercises – on your own and within a group.

Apprenticeships - The application process