Job description

Do you have a strong social conscience? Are you passionate about environmental change? If striving to role model ethical behaviour matters to you, you matter to us.

Be our conscience and help innovate and drive our ambitions forward, making change a reality which is embedded and implemented across the organisation.

Our Level 4 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Apprenticeship is designed to enhance individual learning and growth through a mix of study and on the job learning.

You’ll be mentored and guided by the Safety & Sustainability team, who will empower you to grow and develop. Working independently, you’ll learn how to excel in high pressured environments. And, as we’re big believers in agile and flexible working and promoters of a diverse and inclusive culture, we’ll encourage you to bring your whole self to work every day.

Overview

Your starting salary will be competitive, and the scheme duration is 3 years. Our Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Apprentice will be based in York and Manchester.

Who you are matters

We are looking for people who are self-motivated with the commitment to continually learn and develop. You will enjoy working collaboratively, interacting with others, and helping to facilitate change by everyone understanding how their role fits within the strategy.

We invest in you and give you vast exposure to different areas across this function, because you are the future of our business and its contribution to the country. In return, we respect individuals who are driven, hardworking and uphold Network Rail’s values and behaviours.

What you’ll be doing

You will have the opportunity to undertake planned rotations across different areas within the safety and sustainability team, giving you the opportunity to widen your skillset and excel in this field. Alongside this you will attend part-time education to achieve the knowledge, behaviours and competencies as required by the apprenticeship standard, as well as, undertaking internal training throughout to upskill yourself in the relevant skills and competencies required for Network Rail.

This apprenticeship scheme in combination with on the job learning at Network Rail will provide you with sound and varied knowledge of corporate responsibility, safety, and sustainability practice. Achieving the Level 4 qualification will enable you to use your breadth and depth of experience to position yourself as a fully effective skilled professional with transferable skills and career options.

What you’ll get out of it

You will achieve a L4 qualification.

The opportunities it leads to

This is an outstanding scheme that gives you a thorough understanding of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability. A natural progression upon completion of the scheme would be into an Environmental Specialist role.

Entry requirements

Typically an apprentice is expected to have worked in a procurement role for 12 month and have achieved Maths and English at Level 2 prior to starting the apprenticeship

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free or subsidised travel
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 01/09/2023