SCRUM Master Apprentice (Miller Insurance Services LLP)

MILLER INSURANCE SERVICES LLP

London (EC3R 7NQ)

Closes in 9 days (Monday 28 April 2025)

Posted on 10 April 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity to join Miller Insurance as a SCRUM Master, whilst gaining your Project Management Level 4 qualification.

Wage

£25,500 a year

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday - 9.30am - 5.30pm (with one hour for lunch)

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

We’re looking for a proactive and organised apprentice to join our CEP Product Support team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in product development and delivery while playing a key role in supporting the Product Manager (PM) and Product Owner (PO). Your responsibilities will focus on Product administrative tasks, Product coordination including ADO, Stand ups, Retrospective and Refinement sessions, and ensuring the smooth running of Sprints, and AOB product-related activities.

Duties:

Product Support for PM and PO:

  • Organise and schedule meetings, ensuring agendas are prepared and circulated in advance
  • Take detailed meeting notes, track action items, and follow up on progress
  • Assist Scrum master and Product owner planning and managing sprints
  • Assist with managing calendars and coordinating across stakeholders

Coordination and Communication:

  • Act as a central point of contact for product related queries and communication
  • Help prioritise sprint tasks and ensure deadlines are met
  • Support the preparation of presentations, reports, and other materials for internal and external use

Agile and Backlog Support:

  • Assist the PO with backlog management, ensuring it is up to date and well-organised
  • Support the preparation of user stories
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, to gain hands-on experience in Agile practices

Learning and Development:

  • Engage in structured learning through the apprenticeship program
  • Work towards SCRUM Master professional qualifications
  • Gain practical experience with tools such as ADO, SharePoint and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Adhere to and meet fully the expectations of Miller, as set out in its policies and procedures, training material, and embedded in its systems and controls. Our policies and procedures are written to encapsulate the compliance, legal and financial crime related legislation and regulations which apply to Miller
  • Comply with any external rules and requirements imposed on individuals performing their role at Miller, such as Lloyd’s byelaws and FCA rules
  • Promote Miller brand and values to enhance Miller’s reputation in the market

Where you’ll work

70 Mark Lane
London
EC3R 7NQ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Your training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Your training plan

Associate Project Manager Level 4.

More training information

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • 5 GCSE's including English and Maths (grade Grades 9-4 (A*-C))

A Level in:

  • 3 A levels (grade (A*-C))

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Initiative
  • Written communication skills
  • Drive and enthusiasm
  • Willingness to learn
  • To go the extra mile
  • Hard working
  • Team player

Other requirements

Interview Date: 02/07/2025 or 03/07/2025 to be confirmed.

About this company

Miller is a leading specialist (re)insurance broking firm with a rich heritage of over 120 years. With our headquarters in London and a global reach spanning from Bermuda to Singapore, we are an international presence in the industry. Our team of professionals harness their distinct expertise and knowledge to the benefit of our clients. It is our specialism, unparalleled service, and client-centric approach that sets us apart from the rest. As a testament to our commitment to professional excellence and high ethical standards, Miller is proud to be a Chartered Insurance Broker, the industry's gold standard. This underscores our commitment to maintaining the highest professional standards in the industry.

http://www.miller-insurance.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

This role is a permanent role at Miller, and you will be supported throughout the apprenticeship and beyond.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315004.

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Closes in 9 days (Monday 28 April 2025)

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