Project Management Degree Apprenticeship

NEPTUNE NORTH LIMITED

Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 6QF)

Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026

Posted on 2 February 2026

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Summary

We are offering the opportunity to apply your academic learning in a real world business context and accelerate the start of your career through our 3 year combined study and work programme. You will gain a degree from the University of Exeter and develop knowledge and skills that will enable you to lay foundations for a prosperous career.

• Wage:

  Competitive

  Competitive wage offered

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• Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 6.00pm

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 7 September 2026

• Duration:

  3 years

• Positions available:

  2

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

• Mentorship & Support: Ongoing support from experienced professionals who will guide your development and provide constructive feedback
• Growth Opportunities: The chance to progress into permanent positions with Neptune North or gain experience for future career advancement
• Comprehensive Training: Access to both academic and professional development opportunities throughout your apprenticeship journey

Where you'll work

Bank House
Pilgrim Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6QF

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
• The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
• Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
• Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
• Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
• Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
• Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
• Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.

Training schedule

20% of your time during the working week will be allocated to your university studies, remotely in partnership with the University of Exeter

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

Other requirements

• Very strong GCSE and A-Level results

About this employer

Neptune North is a newly created Joint Venture between Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting and part of the NYSE listed Marsh McLennan, and Rokos Capital Management (RCM), a global alternative investment fund manager.

http://www.neptunenorth.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

• After completing this apprenticeship, we would anticipate that the apprentice would progress into a full time role within the organisation at junior level to continue developing technical skills, industry knowledge and professional experience with the goal of advancing to more senior or specialised roles over time

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323141.

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Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026

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