Climate Change & Sustainability Apprentice

Summary

Are you passionate about the environment and eager to make a difference? Join us as a Climate Change & Sustainability Degree Apprentice, and be at the forefront of Warwickshire’s efforts to combat climate change and promote sustainable practices!

Wage

£24,790 a year

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Pay will increase via annual incremental progression based on National Joint Council salary rates.

Training course

Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday - Friday, generally 08:30 - 16:30 each day.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years 5 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

Assisting with various sustainability projects across transport, built environment/energy, resources/waste, communities/economy, and natural capital themes
Conducting research, data collection, and analysis
Engaging with teams, partners, and community organisations
Supporting administrative tasks linked to the Sustainable Futures programme

Where you’ll work

Shire Hall
Warwick
CV34 4RL

Training

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

College or training organisation

CU APPRENTICESHIPS (BETTER FUTURES) LIMITED

Your training course

Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.

Your training plan

The Environmental Practitioner degree programme seeks to provide an undergraduate education in environmental management and assessment. This apprenticeship will provide theoretical, technical and professional skills needed to work as an environmental analyst or manager.

Throughout the programme, you'll integrate into the work
and practice needs of the Climate Change and Sustainability Team and apply what you learn at university through a combination of academic theory, professional practice, and organisational requirements.

Learning delivery with Coventry University is via block release, with blocks typically running twice a semester and lasting 3-5 days. These blocks are supplemented by regular on-line group tutorials to ensure apprentices are on track and supported as they progress towards assessments.

More training information

You'll be provided with support throughout the apprenticeship to enable you to remain on schedule with your degree programme. We will ensure that you have organised time for university attendance and associated assignments or study/research. We'll also ensure that you are provided with the necessary experience and practice within your role to gain all the practical evidence you need to complete the apprenticeship and gain your degree!

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade 9 - 4)
Maths (grade 9 - 4)

A Level in:

Any subjects (grade B,B,C - 112 UCAS point minimum)

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
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Warwickshire County Council is the local government authority for the county of Warwickshire, providing public services such as Social Care, Education, County Highways, Rural Services, Public Health, Fire and Rescue, plus much more. Since 2012 the Council has delivered a top class apprenticeship scheme, recruiting more than 380 apprentices, most of whom have been retained in further roles at the Council.

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Company benefits

The benefits we offer include agile working, a generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to the Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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

Anticipated progression from this post will be to become a Professional Lead within the Climate Change and Sustainability Team.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Warwickshire County Council

Becky Sarchet

beckysarchet@warwickshire.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316438.

Apply now

Closes in 14 days (Thursday 8 May 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Go to the advert on WCC jobs via the link and click on the "Apply Online" tab to get started. For your application, please submit an up to date CV and complete a personal statement detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, along with answering the prescribed questions in our online application process.

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