Strategy Analyst Level 4 Apprentice
Kick-start your future as an Strategy Data Analyst Apprentice- Support the UK’s largest water and wastewater provider. Gain hands‐on skills exploring data, carrying out research, and supporting the development and delivery of Thames Water’s strategy.
Role
What you’ll be doing: As an apprentice, you’ll build real‐world skills, gain practical knowledge, and work closely with experienced colleagues who will support your development throughout the programme.
- Data & Insights - Dive into real data! You’ll collect, clean, analyse, and visualise information to help shape big strategic decisions and track how the business is performing
- Spotting Opportunities & Risks - Use both data and judgement to help assess new opportunities and potential risks; playing a part in shaping the future direction of Thames Water
- Supporting Delivery - Help build and maintain implementation plans, track progress against key milestones, and make sure strategic projects stay on course
- Trend & Market Research - Explore industry trends, new technologies, and broader societal changes - and assess how they could impact our long‐term strategy
- Governance & Assurance - Produce accurate reports and contribute to data‐led assurance to support strong governance and risk management
- Collaboration & Ways of Working - Work closely with the Strategy team to embed data‐driven thinking into planning, goal‐setting, and decision‐making
- You’ll also take part in strategy communities of practice to share ideas and learn from others
Training
- Knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the Level 4 Data Analyst standard
- Earn EPAO: CABWI qualification
- You’ll study with Firebrand through blended online learning and short residential blocks at their Wyboston Lakes centre (accommodation included)
- Permanent role with a 16–18 month structured programme
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Data analyst (level 4)
- Training Provider
- FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED
- Working Week
- Hours: 36 hours a week across four working days plus one off-the-job training day, Monday - Friday.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 5 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Friday, 6th March 2026
- Start Date
- Tuesday, 1st September 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Qualifications
- Maths and English GCSE, grade 9-4 or A-C (Essential)
- 3x A-Levels or Level 3 qual (BTEC/Apprenticeship A Level, grade Distinction/Merit/Pass/A-C (Essential)
About the Employer
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come