Data Apprenticeship 2025 – Retail Underwriting (Manchester)
ZURICH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Manchester, M2 1ZU
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 23 March)
Posted on 12 February 2025
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Summary
The Portfolio Support Team helps to manage the Regions Mid-Market underwriting portfolio across all business lines. They set strategies, analyse data, provide business insights and give technical support to underwriters. This is a permanent role, your apprenticeship is just the start of your career with us!
- Wage
- £23,387 a year
- Training course
- Data technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 8 September
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
We’re currently expanding the team and are looking for people to support the continued growth and development of our Retail Underwriting Portfolio Support Team.
Your role could include:
- Sourcing data in a secure manner
- Collating and formatting data to present for review and further analysis
- Blending data by combining it from various sources and formats to explore it’s relevance
- Analysing simple and complex data to support business outcomes, using different methods to analyse the data
- Collaborating with people at all levels with a view of creating value from the data
- Interacting with Brokers to support their customers
- Staying up-to-date with market changes, distribution methods, and our competitive position
- Building and maintain strong relationships with our internal and external stakeholders
- Helping build, develop and improve our underwriting platforms and digital products
Where you’ll work
2nd Floor, Norfolk House
7 Norfolk Street
Manchester
M2 1ZU
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
CORNDEL LIMITED
Your training course
Data technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
- Collect, format and save datasets.
- Summarise and explain gathered data.
- Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
- Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
- Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
- Audit data results.
- Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
- Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
- Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
- Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
- Review own development needs.
- Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
- Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
- Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
- Prioritise within the context of a project.
- Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
- Collect, format and save datasets.
- Summarise and explain gathered data.
- Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
- Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
- Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
- Audit data results.
- Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
- Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
- Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
- Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
- Review own development needs.
- Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
- Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
- Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
- Prioritise within the context of a project.
Your training plan
- Data Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
About this company
At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us. We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion, we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work.
https://www.zurich.co.uk/careers/apprenticeships (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days holiday + 3 volunteering days Flexible bank holidays for religious/cultural events Private medical cover 12% company pension contribution Annual company bonus Discounted gym membership, gadget insurance, & technology offers
After this apprenticeship
- Your qualification could be just the start of your career at Zurich, as we're keen to keep on new talent
- Once your apprenticeship is complete you will have plenty of opportunities to put your new skills into practice while continuing to develop and grow
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNDEL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000303282.
Apply now
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 23 March)
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Company’s application instructions
At Zurich we are a team of individuals. We welcome ALL differences, because we know that together, they make us better as a whole. Our application and interview process is designed to reduce bias and promote a fair and inclusive experience for you, where you can show us your best self. For more about our application process, and helpful hints and tips please visit our website.