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Pathway Apprentice

Start Date: September 2023

Salary: £21,409.50 (additional shift allowance £2.500 for the first 6 months)

You are flexible and can work between the hours of 8am-10pm Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm on Saturdays and 9am-5pm on Sundays (whilst on your first rotation in our contact centre)

Are you not quite sure where you want to take your career right now?

Are you an individual who is curious to explore potential career opportunities in Fraud, Risk, Recruitment or Customer Transformation to name a few?

If the answer is yes, our two-year Pathway programme, will give you an amazing opportunity to experience working in different areas of BGL Insurance, developing your knowledge of our business and professional skills, while studying towards a nationally recognised qualification. Curious to find out more…...?

Through our rotational apprenticeship programme, you’ll spend the first six months in our award-winning contact centre, where you’ll get to know that our customers are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll then continue your journey onto three further rotations of 6 months each. Wherever your pathway programme takes you, you’ll learn from some of the best in the business.

As a Pathway apprentice you will grow your skills through hands-on experience, while studying towards one of the following qualifications that suits you best:

• The Insurance Pathway will provide in-depth exposure to insurance specific placements alongside the Insurance Practitioner Level 3 Apprenticeship.
• The Business Admin Pathway will provide exposure to commercial business placements alongside the Business Administrator Level 3 Apprenticeship.

We’re highly invested in your development and will introduce you to your dedicated mentor, who is there to support you every step of the way.

What will it take to be successful as a Pathway Apprentice?

• 5 GCSEs Grades A*-C, or the new grades 4-9 including Math’s & English language (or equivalent).
• 2 A levels (or equivalent), at C or above
• You’re naturally self-driven, ambitious and curious
• You are resilient and embrace change
• You’re committed to self-learn

Why Choose Us?

BGL Insurance, part of the Markerstudy Group, is a leading digital distributor of insurance to three million customers. BGL Insurance provides a range of motor, home and life insurance products in partnership with several of the best-known brands in UK financial services and through own brands Budget Insurance, Dial Direct and Beagle Street, all supported by state-of-the-art, award winning, contact centres and market leading digital platforms.

With over 1,700 colleagues across three sites in Peterborough and Sunderland, BGL Insurance uses its passion, scale and expertise for the benefit of its customers, offering unrivalled value, ease and confidence.

Here are some of our amazing benefits:

• Free lunch any day you are in the office
• A hybrid working model (split of working at home and the office)
• Entry into a monthly prize draw (top prize being £3,000)
• 25 days annual leave, which increases 1 day per year until the maximum of 30 days is hit (this excludes bank holidays)
• A virtual GP service
• Opportunity for volunteering days

On top of this, you will also get access to our flexible benefits which includes buying and selling holiday, cycle to work scheme, technology scheme, gym flex and so much more.

Diversity and Inclusion

We're a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and talented professionals. Inclusive by instinct, we encourage our people to create and share ideas – supporting their growth and celebrating their uniqueness. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and stand firmly against discrimination of any kind.

Flexible, hybrid working

BGL Insurance has a hybrid approach to working. For most colleagues, this means being in the office two or three days a week and the rest of the time working from wherever’s best for them and their team.