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Closing Date 31 st May

Our business is growing and we have an exciting opportunity to join the team as our UK Apprenticeships and Work Experience Programme Lead playing a key role in supporting the next generation of our workforce.

People are at the heart of our business, and we offer a competitive package to attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, U.K. employees also receive company-funded private medical insurance and digital GP service, enhanced parental leave pay, fertility and family-forming benefits, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key focus areas for us. We can offer full-time, part-time or compressed hours, job-share arrangements, flexible start and finish times and hybrid options, so please talk to us about what would work for you.

About the Opportunity

• Do you have a passion for supporting and developing early careers?

• Do you have an improvement and solutions-focused mindset?

Reporting to the Head of Early Careers for ES&T (CMS), we’re looking for a new team member to develop and coordinate a central apprenticeship and work experience programme.

We are happy to consider applicants from across the UK providing you are happy to occasionally travel as required.

This could be an excellent opportunity to undertake an agile career move and apply your transferable skills to a new area of the business.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Acting as the ambassador for the apprenticeship programme to promote awareness across the business

• Partnering with leaders across the business to understand future talent requirements

• Establishing and maintaining a work experience programme as a key element of apprentice programme recruitment

• Leading on the apprentice programme’s recruitment strategy, including web advertising and coordination of career fair attendance

• Supporting the UK Apprenticeships and Levies Consultant with due diligence of learning providers

• Ensuring a robust and engaging experience for apprentices and work experience participants, including providing pastoral care support

• In collaboration with others, supporting the delivery of training and guidance to line managers and mentors

• Managing the planning and delivery of in-person apprentice events

• Providing ongoing communication and support to programme participants, their managers and mentors

Further information about this role will be available at the first interview stage.

Here’s what you’ll need :

We are looking for people who can demonstrate that they can:

• Communicate effectively in a variety of settings/through multiple channels

• Be approachable to work experience and apprentice participants

• Effectively manage internal and external stakeholders

• Work collaboratively with other groups to achieve shared objectives

• Ensure accountability of responsibilities, processes and the measurement of results

• Apply an organized and efficient approach to developing and improving processes

Previous experience in Learning and Talent Development and or STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths) related roles is desirable but not essential.

Our Culture

If you join Jacobs, you’ll be joining a company with a culture that is based on caring, flexibility and trust, where you’re supported to achieve your potential. Find out more about:

• Life at Jacobs (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)

• Our approach to Inclusion and Diversity (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity) , including our eight employee networks (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

• Working for Jacobs in the U.K.

• Benefits for U.K. employees (https://jacobs-global.foleon.com/brochure/uk-candidate-brochure/uk-benefits)

• Paid ‘Returnships’ for people returning from a career break

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