Risk Analyst Apprentice

Start your career in Risk and Compliance, where you will support apetito’s risk and compliance strategy and help protect our business. This is an amazing opportunity to work in a dynamic field where you can gain real world experience and earn while you learn and develop new skills.

We are looking for a Risk Analyst Apprentice to join the UK Risk Team. The successful candidate will have responsibility for supporting the delivery of company-wide risk analysis and mitigation programmes. We will provide on the job training and self-development opportunities.

This role will report to the Risk Manager and will be a key member of the UK Risk Team, supporting business wide initiatives including data protection, risk management, compliance, business continuity and insurance risk reduction.

You'll gain:

• An opportunity to interact with and experience all parts of a business
• Ability to learn both hands-on and with formal training in all aspects of data protection
• Involvement with specific projects that they will be able to co-ordinate and play an active part in
• The opportunity to develop general business skills and relationships
• Exposure to many of the senior management team. The individual will have the opportunity observe and learn different styles and techniques

Some travel required, primarily within the UK, however this may be extended to international travel as required.

About the Apprenticeship

Training Course: Data Protection and information governance practitioner (Level 4)

The UK Risk Team is responsible for managing risk, compliance, data protection and insurance for the UK. Working closely across all business areas in the UK along with our Group Risk colleagues in Germany we ensure that policies and processes are in place, a positive risk culture is embedded in our business, and all risks are identified, recorded and where required mitigated.

The Data Protection and information governance practitioner Apprentice programme is a 20-month learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career in Risk at apetito.

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying for Data Protection and information governance practitioner Apprenticeship (Level 4).

Skills an apprentice will learn:

• Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements and organisation policies.
• Communicate complex subjects in simple terms through different media (such as face to face meetings, emails, reports and presentations) to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
• Prepare documentation and materials for review and ratification.
• Working at times under time pressure, prioritising their workloads in order to raise and resolve areas of concern such as individual rights, breach management, FOI requests and information sharing.
• Being able to accept and deal with changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
• Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and data storage such as data incidents.
• Interpret regulation and legislation, share best practice and advise stakeholders on its application.
• Identify organisation needs and how these are applied to enquiries.
• Interpret and apply sector guidance appropriately.
• Undertake investigations and interviews in order to assess a data breach.
• Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment and make judgements on actions to take.
• Make decisions on data protection and information governance issues raised and ensure that any areas of concern are escalated to the stakeholders.
• Provide day to day support, specialist advice, guidance and training across the organisation and external stakeholders for all matters regarding information governance and data protection.
• Identify potential data solutions and evidence the way in which they could improve data management.

The apprenticeship provider is TBC and full information on the Data protection and information governance practitioner  apprenticeship is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

There is potentially an opportunity as part of the apprenticeship to take the BCS Practitioner in Data Protection certification

Salary and Progression:

Initial salary £21k start with the job title of Risk Analyst Apprentice 

Salary increase to £24k after 12 months 

Salary review at End Point Assessment after approximately 20 months with the job title Risk Analyst.

This role will be largely office-based for the first few months during the induction period. Option to work at home up to 2 days per week later in the role. 

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• Supporting Risk Management activities across the business reinforcing its importance and supporting risk mitigation activities
• Organising Risk Board and Risk Review meetings, providing agendas and minutes / actions following the meetings
• Supporting the Data Protection Officer in the day-to-day activities relating to GDPR legislation
• Gathering the relevant data from internal and external reports, as well as the interrogation of corporate systems
• Ensure robustness through providing cover for other team members
• Conducting data analysis and data validation to identify patterns and make business recommendations
• Project coordination and facilitation
• Supporting the production of Risk Management policies and processes
• Supporting Business Continuity tests
• Supporting internal and external audits

Essential:

• 6 months+ experience in an administration role
• Full driving licence held or being worked towards
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong analysis skills
• A completer-finisher
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to quickly pick up new digital tools and techniques
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Able to maintain integrity and follow due process.

Essential for the apprenticeship course:

• GCSE or equivalent English - grade 4/C+

• GCSE or equivalent Maths - grade 4/C+

• A Level - 3 x A Levels - Grade A*-D or equivalent Level 3 qualification or equivalent office work experience

• Be eligible to work in the UK and not be in full-time education

• Must have been resident in the UK or EU for the last three years

• No prior qualification in the area of data protection and information governance

Desirable:

• Competent managing volumes of data on excel and producing tables/graphs for analysis and reports
• Self-motivated and able to own and manage workload with minimal supervision

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

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