Apprentice- Level 4 Commercial Procurement and Supply Chain

High Speed Two (HS2)
At HS2 we offer a two-year apprenticeship programme, providing you with the opportunity to stretch and challenge yourself whilst we support you to implement your learning. Our Apprenticeships enable you to build procurement experience across the HS2 project.

We have a total of x1 Apprenticeship opportunities in Corporate Procurement and Supply chain available in London – with the requirement to travel to various site locations across the HS2 line of route. After the assessment stage, we will place successful candidates to a team based on business requirements.

HS2 Apprentices join us in September 2024, where they will have a full Induction into HS2 and meet their apprentice cohort. Our apprentices will complete a learning week every 6 months, which is designed to develop core skills, knowledge and behaviours required on the HS2 Project. Apprentices are supported by their day-to-day team and the Talent and Development team, where regular team meetings are set up weekly, 1:1’s are provided, and every apprentice is assigned a mentor for their durations as well as a team buddy.

The Apprenticeship Programme will span typically over a period of two years, which will involve working at HS2 and studying at college to gain a professionally recognized Level 4 qualification awarded by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. You’ll also gain skills and experience that will set you up for an incredibly rewarding career.

About the role:

The Procurement & Commercial directorate is a collective group of procurement and commercial professionals, and we are responsible for one of the largest group of contracts ever let in the UK over the last 10 years. HS2 will be built by a huge supply chain, made up of expert companies in many different disciplines, and as an organisation we have a combined forecast capital expenditure of £92bn and will be responsible for making sure we deliver HS2 in an inclusive, sustainable, and financially efficient way.

Accountabilities:

Accountable for meeting deadlines as agreed with the placement manager
Accountable for managing time to ensure course work is completed as agreed with the apprenticeship provider
Maintaining and recording placement information to support with the apprenticeship qualification
Maintaining information as agreed with the placement manager
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Learning:

Attendance to training provider sessions
Complete all work aligned to the apprenticeship programme
Completion of the apprenticeship programme

About You:

Communication Skills: The ability to communicate with stakeholders at various levels within an organisation
Interpersonal and relationship skills: The ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and contacts across the organisation and outside with external partners
Prioritisation Skills: The ability to organise your workload and meet agreed deadlines to deliver activities/projects in a timely manner and ensuring quality
Ability to follow process: Working to a process to achieve an outcome and/or identify improvements to existing processes
Collaborative Working: The ability to work independently and as part of a team to achieve positive outcomes

Knowledge:

IT: Knowledge of and experience of using MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Type of experience:

To join us on an Apprenticeship Programme, you’ll need to have achieved or expect to achieve 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths or equivalent

Behavioural Competencies:

The post-holder is always expected to behave in a manner consistent with HS2 company values

Our Apprenticeship programme salaries:

Salaries are currently pending pay review however please see below figures based on 2023.

London locations (inside M25):

Level3/Year1 – basic salary of £17,220 plus 10% flexible allowance = £18,942
Level4/Year1 – basic salary of £18,042 plus 10% flexible allowance = £19,846

Non-London Locations:

Level3/Year1 – basic salary of £16,217 plus 10% flexible allowance = £ 17,839
Level4/Year1 – basic salary of £17,039 plus 10% flexible allowance = £ 18,743

Does HS2 offer sponsorship if I do not have the Right to Work in the UK?

To be eligible to apply to the HS2 Apprenticeship scheme for our September 2024 in-take, any applicant will need to already have the on-going Right to Work in the UK, that is not timebound in any way. Please note, unfortunately due to the 2-year time-bound restrictions of the Post Study Work visa, we are unable to accept any applicants who have this visa as this is an ongoing permanent role that will carry on beyond the initial 2-year Apprenticeship programme. Due to the nature of our organization, HS2 are not able to sponsor any applications as we do not hold the required sponsorship license from the UK Home Office and candidates are not allowed to sponsor themselves. We appreciate the Right to Work question can be complex to understand, so if you are unsure of your Right to Work status in the UK, please email us at and we will be happy to advise further. Please note, to enable HS2 to comply with UK Home Office policy, your Right to Work status will be checked early in the recruitment process.