Flying Start Tech Degree Apprenticeship – Ada College, Manchester 2023 Manchester, England
Job description
If you have a passion for learning about tech and are keen to get your career off to a Flying Start, then our Technology degree apprenticeship offers you the chance to do both.
As an apprentice at PwC, you’ll join one of our technology teams based in our Manchester office, where you’ll work with supportive and experienced team members on a range of projects to support our internal teams and our clients. You’ll enhance this on-the-job learning with excellent tuition from the team at Ada, National College for Digital skills in Manchester.
Alongside a full salary and benefits, you will also receive fully-funded tuition fees for your degree apprenticeship.
What you’ll do
During this three-year apprenticeship, you’ll be part of PwC’s community of technologists who will support you and help you to develop and grow in your role.
At PwC, our technology teams are diverse, and our apprentices join a range of different teams including our Technology Consulting, Data and Analytics, Cyber Security, Digital Audit, Deals and Tech Central business areas. As part of this community you’ll experience lots of digital and technology projects using a range of technology tools and processes. You’ll also work alongside more experienced technology professionals, as well as with other apprentices.
You’ll join PwC as either a Data Analyst, a Technology Consultant, a Software Engineer or a Cyber Security Specialist. The modules that you’ll study as part of your degree apprenticeship and the teams that you work with at PwC will be relevant to your pathway, but will also enable you to develop as a well-rounded technologist.
The pattern of study is designed to fit around your full-time employment. You’ll kickstart your apprenticeship with a six-week Launchpad induction at Ada College, and you’ll spend time at the PwC office too. This will help you to settle into life as an apprentice at PwC and Ada College. You’ll also start studying towards your degree, and have the opportunity to build relationships with your fellow apprentices.
After Launchpad, you will get started on-the-job in the PwC office and then approximately every 8 weeks, you’ll return to college for a week of study towards your modules for the remainder of the three years.
What you’ll gain
As part of the apprenticeship you’ll study towards a Level 6 degree apprenticeship in BSc Digital and Technology Solutions, specialising as either a Data Analyst, Software Engineer, Cyber Security Specialist or Technology Consultant. We will work with you to identify which pathway is right for you based on your skills, preferences, and business need.
As you’d expect you’ll also receive a competitive salary and benefits package, alongside full funding for your tuition fees to gain your degree apprenticeship qualification*.
As well as your formal learning through Ada you will also be supported with your on-the-job learning and every apprentice will be allocated a buddy and a Career Coach who will help support your own development journey.
How to apply
Applications for our September 2023 intake are now open on our website. The deadline for applications is 25 January 2023, but we recommend that you get your initial application in early. You will have access to coaching and guidance throughout the application process to help you to show your full potential.
What you’ll need
Candidates should have achieved or be expecting to achieve at least 112 UCAS points, or equivalent, with a substantial maths component for those pursuing the Data pathway.
However, we understand that personal circumstances and your socio-economic background (e.g. family income) can impact your ability to fulfil your full potential at school. If you think that this may apply to you, we’d be keen to hear from you if you’re on track to achieve a minimum of 96 UCAS points (or equivalent) and can demonstrate the relevant skills and interest.
You will need a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths.
Please note that to be eligible for an apprenticeship in England, the government does require that you have UK/EEA Nationality or Permanent Residency Status and have resided in the UK/EEA for at least three years prior to starting your apprenticeship.
This programme is for students who do not already have a Computer Science (or similar) degree, and who are starting out a career in the fields of software engineering, cyber security or data science. If you already have a similar degree or are an experienced professional in this area, please review PwC’s graduate and experienced professional opportunities.
We may need to discuss your eligibility with you during the application process. These eligibility criteria are defined by the UK government and may be subject to change.
- PwC reserves the right to change the funding model of this programme as a result of an ongoing review of degree apprenticeships by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. Please see our careers website for more details. All applicants will be kept updated throughout the application process and we expect the results of the review in Spring 2022.
When to apply
The deadline for applications is 25 January 2023.
The deadline for the behavioural based assessment is 30 January 2023.
The deadline for the video interview is 28 February 2023.
Career Focus Days will take place between 23 March - 7 April 2023.
Find out more
To find out more about this new programme with Ada College, please take a look at our Technology Degree Apprenticeship website pages here:
www.pwc.co.uk/careers/early-careers/our-programmes/flying-start-degrees/technology.html
We recommend that you check out our events page as well: https://www.careersschools.pwc.co.uk/event-search/
You can also visit Ada, National College for Digital Skills website:
https://www.ada.ac.uk/
