Advanced Apprentice Maritime Services Business - Broad Oak, United Kingdom - BAE Systems

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Job Title Advanced Apprentice Maritime Services Business Administrator (Finance - Commercial) Broad Oak Portsmouth

Location Broad Oak Portsmouth

Salary We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme

What you will be doing

The role of a Business Apprentice within BAE Systems Maritime Services, Product & Training Services involves a wide range of activities.

Working with our highly skilled and dedicated employees, including fellow apprentices, you will undertake placements in business functions such as Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial and Project Control, supporting the efficient running of departments throughout the business.

Specific activities could include:

The Business Advanced Apprenticeship is typically 24 months (2 years) and aims to provide a highly transferable set of knowledge, skills and behaviours, which can be gained working within the organisation and its processes.

You will gain understanding in the way BAE Systems operates and our complex stakeholder relationships, which you will be required to interact with on a day-to-day basis.

Through training and work placements, in a variety of different functions, you will gain exposure to real challenges that support our business, gaining a firm grounding in operations and processes.

The role is one ideally suited to enthusiastic individuals who have a thirst for knowledge, a desire to learn, enjoy working in a team, can work on their own initiative and have excellent communication skills.

What Qualification will you get?

Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Certificate
Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English (If not previously achieved)
HNC/D Business Management or equivalent

Overview of Business Unit
Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities.

With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

From our headquarters in Portsmouth, we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations. BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end-to-end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy's complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence, you could find yourself working on the iconic Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, Type 26 Global Combat Ships, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, historic ships and more.

Our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment. This includes Spearfish, one of the most powerful and capable wire guided torpedoes on the market.

Currently undergoing a major upgrade programme, Spearfish will soon benefit from further sophisticated advances in its homing, warheads, tactical and fuelling systems, as well an upgraded guidance link.

Then there's Artisan, the 3D radar that can identify a target the size of a tennis ball, travelling at a speed of more than 2000 miles an hour more than 25 kilometres away

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come.

You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Benefits
You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.

You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Team
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It's rewarding work that truly makes a difference.

And as you tackle critical projects, you'll work alongside a supportive team - driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters.

At BAE Systems, you'll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.

Why BAE Systems?
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you