Project Management Support Apprentice
You’ll play a key role in helping teams deliver complex projects that drive progress in areas like data science, engineering, and advanced computing. This is a unique opportunity to develop core project management skills while working alongside experts in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Role
- Secretary of governance meetings, including taking notes at these meetings
- Organisation of meetings/governance boards
- Data collation and review to support the PMO processes, including maintaining the report that shows resource allocation across the department
- Responsibility for managing the department's small works process, including monitoring the progress of active small works
- Review and management of risk registers and ensuring project RAID logs are maintained and up to date
- Supporting the project managers to help deliver the projects
- Maintaining the PMO SharePoint site
- Creation/maintenance of guidance documentation and maintenance of project document templates
Training
Blended learning, Online monthly workshop sessions including one to one coaching and self-learning.
Further career and training opportunities.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Associate project manager (level 4)
- Training Provider
- PROVEK LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
- Expected Duration
- 2 Years
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Monday, 2nd February 2026
- Start Date
- Thursday, 3rd September 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 4 or above (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade 4 or above (Essential)
- Any subject Other, grade A-C (Essential)
About the Employer
Science and Technology Facilities Council
UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.