Chartered Business Management – Degree Apprenticeship
Type: Apprentice
Location: London, SE1 7NA
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
What will the apprentice be doing?
Join us as a Shell UK Apprentice where you can grow as we power progress together.
We are transitioning to become a net-zero emissions business while providing the energy that people around the world need today.
You will have the chance to develop as you work with experienced colleagues and share your unique perspective and fresh ideas on how to tackle energy-related challenges. That’s why we’re looking for apprentices who share our purpose and passion for progress.
Our inclusive and collaborative culture will equip you with the support you need to forge your own path and grow your skills as you work on meaningful projects.
A Shell UK Apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to:
- Undertake a real role within Shell’s businesses in the UK, combined with formal off the job learning
- Gain exposure to the energy industry and work with talented colleagues from across our businesses
- Work on meaningful projects that have a real business impact
- Apply what you have learnt during your studies to our business and your role
- Obtain a nationally recognised qualification
As part of the Chartered Business Management Degree Apprenticeship, you will be placed into a role with the HR organisation within Trading and Supply. Supporting the VP HR Trading & Supply and working with the wider HR team, you will be embedded within a dynamic, fast-paced, highly commercial and exciting business helping to deliver the HR strategy.
You will have the opportunity to grow and develop whilst supporting a variety of specialist areas in HR within a global business environment. This will give you unique exposure to how HR can truly impact business outcomes. You will have opportunity to support activities across Talent, Reward, Organisational Design, Learning and Business partnering.
As part of the Chartered Business Management Degree Apprenticeship, typical activities may include:
- Support with day-to-day HR operational queries from our trading business
- Support with Talent activities including succession planning, targeted hiring exercises and projects to build our people capability
- Be involved in opportunities to Embed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion through initiatives and interventions to engage and build a truly inclusive organisation
- Support with change management and culture
- Use data and analytics to provide insights to senior managers and stakeholders to support interventions that really add value to the business
Where you’ll work
Shell Centre
London
SE1 7NA
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
Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
- Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence. Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes. Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
- Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals. Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required. Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
- Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
- Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships. Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
- Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
- Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms. Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate. Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
- Able to articulate organisational purpose and values. Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
- Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes. Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
- Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels. Able to contribute within a team environment. Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback. Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
- Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others. Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
- Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
- Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making
Your training plan
What training will the Apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get in the end?
- Award – BSc (Hons) Applied Business Management
- Length – 2.5 years accelerated degree apprenticeship (including End Point Assessment)
Throughout the Chartered Business Management Degree apprenticeship, you will receive 1-1 coaching, support, and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure you get the most from your work experience.
You will develop your competencies in core professional skills such as interpersonal and business communication, people and project management, as well as teamwork and leadership.
Upon successful completion of the programme will enable degree candidates to gain an accredited undergraduate degree, whilst building invaluable work experience and industry knowledge. You will also receive a CMI Foundation Chartered Manager status upon successfully completing End Point Assessment with the CMI (Chartered Management Institute).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 5)
- Maths (grade 5)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Creative
- Initiative
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Self starting and motivated
- Curious to learn
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
Other requirements
Vacancy is based in SE1 7NA.
About this company
About the employer:
For well over a century, Shell has been playing a major role in powering and fuelling the UK’s industry, transport, and homes. Our people are our greatest asset, and our commitment to your career will see you thrive in a work environment that offers an industry-leading development programme. When your ideas travel, our organization will benefit, and innovation will thrive. Shell UK has a key role to play in helping meet the country’s growing energy demand, whilst using innovative technologies to develop cleaner energy.
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