Project Manger Apprentice (FCA)

Support Project Communications:

Contribute to creating and maintaining project communication plans, ensuring messaging is appropriate for different stakeholders and overcoming cultural or physical communication barriers

Assist with Project Leadership Activities:

Help reinforce the project’s vision, values, and objectives across the team. Contribute to applying effective leadership styles and motivation techniques to support positive team performance and a high‑quality working environment

Contribute to Consolidated Project Planning:

Assist in developing and maintaining consolidated project plans that integrate scope, schedule, resources, budget, risks, and quality requirements, while incorporating lessons learned from previous work

Support Budgeting and Cost Control:

Help prepare cost estimates, monitor direct and indirect project costs, and track actuals, accruals, and committed spend. Assist in producing cost breakdowns and supporting performance reporting

Assist in Business Case and Benefits Management:

Support the preparation, review, and maintenance of business cases, including the identification, tracking, and realisation of project benefits

Support Project Scope Management:

Assist with requirements gathering, evaluating delivery methods, managing scope changes, and applying baseline and configuration control procedures

Help Coordinate Resource Management:

Contribute to analysing resource needs, supporting resource allocation, and ensuring resource acceptance aligns with project requirements

Support Risk and Issue Management:

Help implement risk management plans, support the identification and prioritisation of risks and opportunities, and assist in planning mitigation or optimisation actions

Assist with Contract Management and Procurement:

Gain understanding of contractual requirements and support the management of contracts and procurement processes, ensuring contractual obligations are clear and well‑managed

Support Project Quality Management:

Assist in applying quality management processes, monitoring quality standards, contributing to quality assurance activities, and supporting continuous improvement efforts

Training:

Associate Project Manager Level 4.

Training Outcome:

Any career progression routes will be discussed upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Employer Description:

There are few jobs where you can make a real difference to the 2 million people who work in the UK Financial Services industry, the 40 million consumers of financial products and the stability of our economy as a whole.

From regulating Consumer Credit to driving action on Foreign Exchange manipulation or helping strengthen accountability in the banking sector, the FCA is working with the industry to protect consumers, ensure the integrity of the UK financial system and promote fair and effective competition. Our remit has expanded significantly since our creation in 2013, with the number of firms we regulate growing from 23,000 to nearly 60,000. We oversee conduct across the full span of the financial sector from global investment banks to high street payday lenders, and are now preparing to implement a new strategy that will sharpen our focus to face the regulatory challenges ahead.

Working Hours :
Full-time. Shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Team working,Motivated,Able to analyse data