Junior Risk Apprentice with M&G plc

Duration of Apprenticeship:

 14 month fixed term contract

Job Description:

As a Risk Apprentice you will support both teams with the following key duties:

• Maintenance and administrative support of the company wide risk reporting system including system updates and changes
• Conduct regular ‘health checks’ on risk system data to ensure minimum standards are met and advise where this is not the case
• Support the development, production and distribution of enterprise and operational risk reporting
• Provide secretariat support to relevant governance committees
• Support the maintenance and updates of relevant risk policies, frameworks and standards documentation for use across the business
• Supporting on other Enterprise Risk Management and Operational Risk processes as required
• Working flexibly and building constructive working relationships with teams across Enterprise and Operational Risk and M&G plc

Training Provided:

 As a Business Administration Apprentice with BPP, you will undertake the Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will be delivered through a blend of live online learning, pre-recorded lectures, and face to face inductions and masterclasses

Qualification Requirements:

 As a minimum, candidate will have 5 National 5s with good grades in Maths and English (A-C). Alternatively, you will have 2 years of work experience in financial services industry or customer services

Personal Qualities & Skills:

We are looking for confident individual with a positive outlook, can-do attitude and aspiration to want to progress

The successful applicant will have strong desire to learn and a genuine interest in Risk Management industry

Applicants who succeed with us are self-motivated, capable of building and maintaining relationships and work effectively as part of a team

This role requires strong organisation skills

The applicant would ideally have an inquisitive and analytical nature and be keen to learn

• Good and confident communication skills, both written and verbal
• High level of accuracy and good attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills in order to identify key themes and suggest solutions
• Structured approach to work and very well organised
• Ability to quickly learn and assimilate key processes and procedures
• Moderate understanding of the MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• A proactive team player who is confident about working with others but also independently and can promptly escalate any issue and work remotely where required

Future Prospects:

This is a fixed term contract for 14 months upon which the business may decide to retain, subject to the Apprentice performance, headcount and available funding. If recruited into a permanent role, the individual will follow the career progression applicable to the specific role/department.