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Sustainability Apprenticeship

🏢 Dunelm • 📍 Syston, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England • 🕒 1 day ago

Salary Range

£20,002 - £24,821

£1,667 - £2,068 / mo

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Location Base

Syston, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

On the hunt for an Apprenticeship that’s challenging and exciting? Come and join our sustainability journey! We are seeking a Sustainability Data Assistant to support our Sustainability, Quality & Sourcing team with the collation and reporting of supplier & product data supporting the wider sustainability strategy. This Data assistant apprenticeship role will allow you to earn, whilst you learn and with some hard work you’ll achieve a Level 4 Data analyst apprenticeship qualification in 18 months (full programme length 2 years).

This is a great opportunity where you will be part of the team that is responsible for ensuring products meet quality, legal, ethical and sustainability standards.

Some of your tasks will include:

Reporting more sustainable material performance for external reporting and for the commercial team.
Collating data from internal systems and from our suppliers.

Supporting Data Analyst Lead and Sustainability Manager to improve data accuracy.
Support and align across Quality, Sourcing and Sustainability.
Liaising with our suppliers to build detailed product attribute data.
Working with suppliers and buying teams to improve product data accuracy and compliance.

Essential role requirements:

Passionate about product, homeware, sustainability & data!
Numerically confident with a keen eye for detail
A good level of Microsoft office experience, particularly excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot tables).
Good verbal and written communication skills and will be able to liaise with internal colleagues, suppliers and third parties.
Logical approach to problem solving.

Ability to prioritize workload, make things happen and take initiative.

The process

Apply now through our careers website – www.dunelmcareers.com

Find out all about our business and the role you’re applying for on our website and our careers website. It may also be helpful to go in to one of our stores and take a look at the product we sell.

After applying via our careers website and going through a selection process, you will be called by a member of the recruitment team for a chat.

Then you’ll go on to be invited to our Recruitment Assessment Day that will be held in our Store Support Centre in Syston. This will include a 1 to 1 interview, a task to be completed before the day to present back and a group exercise.

Like what you’ve read? Then do your research, update your CV and, once you’re ready, hit the ‘apply’ button.

Dunelm is committed to becoming a fully inclusive business that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of sex, age, race, religion, ability, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education. We are committed to making Dunelm a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our staff. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms.

Apprenticeship requirements:

Must be based in England for the duration of the apprenticeship and must have lived in the UK/EEA continuously for the last 3 years.
Must have Functional Skills Level 2 / GCSE English and Maths (or equiv) at grade C or above, and be able to provide certificates or equivalent. If not, you will need to sit functional skills exams with the apprenticeship provider.
Must be data literate with a STEM/data literacy background (e.g. A-level, degrees or apprenticeship)

Please note: We will evaluate any applicants who do not have all the relevant qualifications