Summary
Passionate about sustainability and social impact? Join Partou as a Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Apprentice and play a key role in driving positive change. Gain hands-on experience, work towards B Corp certification, and earn a Level 4 apprenticeship from Manchester Metropolitan University while building your career.
Wage
£24,000 a year
Training course
Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
Hours
Working flexibly between Monday to Friday, 8.00am - 5.30pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 28 April
Duration
1 year 4 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Are you ready to kick-start your career in sustainability and corporate responsibility? As a Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CRS) Apprentice at Partou, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to embed sustainability across our UK operations. Reporting to the Internal Comms and Planning Partner within the Business Transformation team, you’ll gain hands-on experience in real-world projects that support our journey towards B Corp certification.
Partou is one of the UK’s largest childcare providers, operating 106 nurseries with over 2,000 team members. Following our successful B Corp certification in the Netherlands, we’re committed to driving sustainability and social responsibility in everything we do. This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of these efforts, working with internal teams, external partners, and communities to create lasting impact.
Key Responsibilities
* Support CRS initiatives that drive meaningful change.
* Collaborate with teams across Partou and external stakeholders to champion sustainability.
* Track and analyse sustainability data to measure progress and inform strategy.
* Help coordinate sustainability events and awareness campaigns.
* Support training sessions and share best practices to integrate sustainability into daily operations.
* Use digital tools to enhance sustainability reporting and project management.
Where you’ll work
Just Childcare Nursery Support Centre
Ridgway House
Progress Way
Denton, Manchester
M34 2GP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
* Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
* Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
* Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
* Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
* Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
* Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
* Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
* Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
* Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
* Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
* Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
* Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
* Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
* Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
* Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
* Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
* Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
* Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
* Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
* Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
* Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
* Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
* Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
* Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
* Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
* Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
* Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
* Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
* Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
* Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
* Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
* Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
* Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
* Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
* Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
* Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
* Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
* Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
* Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
* Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
* Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
* Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
* Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
Your training plan
* The course is taught through a blend of face-to-face immersive learning days on campus, supported by some additional online learning and masterclasses. During delivery apprentices will attend university for approximately 10 days.
* Upon successful completion of this programme, apprentices will receive a Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner level 4 apprenticeship qualification.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Administrative skills
* Team working
* Proactive
Other requirements
You’ll need to balance work and study while completing your apprenticeship. Some tasks may require data analysis and reporting, so confidence with numbers is helpful. You’ll be engaging with multiple team members at different levels, so being comfortable communicating is key.