Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Apprentice

Summary

As part of our ongoing growth, we are looking to appoint a Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Apprentice to join our team. You'll learn while you earn, gain a recognised qualification and build your experience in the workplace, reporting directly to the Social Value Manager.

Wage: £24,000 a year
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Training course: Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
Hours: 37.5 hour weeks around core hours of 10:00 – 15:00, Monday to Friday. Based from our Bristol Office
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 April
Duration: 1 year 8 months
Positions available: 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

Learning in work alongside our Social Value Manager, and Business Units across the group, the successful applicant will play a vital role in the delivery and measurement of our Social Value priorities. You’ll work with our sales teams to understand place based social value opportunities, raising awareness of key social value themes through communications and internal events, and supporting our volunteer networks.

As you grow into the role, you will start to build relationships in the charity sector to enable us to deliver some of our Social Value Commitments and learn how to represent the business at external events. You will be an advocate for our approach to Social Value across our Business Units, demonstrating and delivering measurable benefits to our customers. This will include:

Recording Social Value related activities and ensuring evidence of activity is logged for audit purposes
Provide research and guidance on social value initiatives aligned to our strategic aims 
Support the Business through education on, and monitoring of, social value measurement, manage support enquiries to our social value measurement partner 
Understand and highlight and changes to Social Value legislation or external trends 
Work with the Bid Teams on questions related to social value 
Support with the identification of partner organisations e.g. charities, academies, training providers, etc. to support CACI’s social value initiatives  
Support the set-up of social value initiatives committed to within bids to clients and record and report on outcomes to clients and Social Value Manager 
In conjunction with the Social Value Manager and Marketing Function, communicate on an ongoing basis CACI’s social value activities, successes and outcomes to client and staff

Where you’ll work

City Point

Temple Gate

Bristol

BS1 6PL

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

LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

Your training course

Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.

Your training plan

Through our training provider LDN Apprentices, you will undertake a 20-month assessment programme (15 months training, 5-month end point assessment). At the end you will achieve Level 4 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) Practitioner.

Every apprentice has a detailed training plan which sets out the off-the-job learning they need to complete. Off-the-job learning averages six hours per week, and includes:

Online Learning
Live Sessions
Masterclasses & Development Days
Coaching
Projects
Building a portfolio of work based evidence of achievement

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Any related subject i.e Geography, Sociology (grade Grade C or above)

BTEC in:

Any related subject i.e Geography, Sociology (grade Distinction or above)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

We are CACI UK, a leading UK technology consultancy, with a keen focus on helping our clients transform their businesses through data, software and expertise. We deliver cutting-edge IT and digital marketing solutions across a wide range of sectors, including utilities, defence, retail, and social care.  We help clients transform their businesses by bringing together the power of talent, data, and technology. Our curiosity and collaborative approach enable the discovery and exploration of new ideas and opportunities that bring meaningful innovation and real results.

http://www.caci.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

This opportunity offers you the chance to progress into a Corporate & Social Responsibility role following the successful completion of the Apprenticeship Scheme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CACI LIMITED

Richard Davies

rdavies@caci.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298195.

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Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)

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