Apprentice Contracts Planner Level 4

HIGHBURY HOMES (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED

BRIGHOUSE (HD6 1SN)

Closes in 24 days (Saturday 30 August 2025)

Posted on 5 August 2025

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Summary

support the planning and coordination of contract delivery across various projects. This role is ideal for someone looking to build a career in project planning, contract management, or construction operations. You will gain hands-on experience while studying towards a relevant qualification

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years

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

  • To support contracts managers in delivering 1st class service with building works for various Blue-Chip Clients
  • Estimating jobs
  • Reporting on repairs and damage
  • Customer service
  • Coordinating planned repairs using in house trades and sub-contractors
  • Cost budgeting and reconciliation of sales

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the preparation and maintenance of project
    schedules and timelines
  • Support the Contracts Planning team in coordinating
    resources, materials, and subcontractors
  • Maintain accurate records of contract documentation and
    project updates
  • Liaise with internal teams
  • Suppliers and clients to ensure smooth project delivery

Where you'll work

HIGHBURY HOUSE
OAKHILL ROAD
BRIGHOUSE
HD6 1SN

Training

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

Training provider

CALDERDALE COLLEGE

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

Associate Project Manager Level 4 (Higher national certificate) Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Interest in Contracts planning
  • Willingness to learn
  • Punctual
  • Reliable
  • Hardworking
  • Good Time management
  • Good Customer service

About this employer

Building and construction industry on behalf of insurance companies.

After this apprenticeship

  • Prospects: Qualified Surveyor/Contracts Manager

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CALDERDALE COLLEGE

Madeline Oxby

Madeline.Oxby@calderdale.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335626.

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Closes in 24 days (Saturday 30 August 2025)

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