(App789) Apprentice Sustainability Officer Level 4
CONNECT HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Dewsbury (WF13 1AX)
Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025
Posted on 27 August 2025
Contents
Summary
This vacancy is an apprentice opportunity for a post A’ level school leaver with Connect Housing, a Housing Association in Dewsbury.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Associate project manager (level 4)
- Hours
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Days and shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
The apprentice role will involve supporting the Director of Home and Net Zero Delivery Manager with both sustainability and energy efficiency /zero carbon retrofit projects and ad-hoc project management duties to improve the energy performance of Connect Housing stock. The role will also involve developing sustainability and project management knowledge and skills with funded attendance and time allocated to attend face to face bi-weekly classes at Calderdale College to attain a Project Management qualification level 4. The apprenticeship course offers an open cohort of organisations from various sectors, which encourages networking, discussion, and collaborative learning.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to the Net Zero Delivery Manager and supporting the work of the Director of Home, this is a role where your work will improve lives, reduce emissions, and help us build a fairer, greener, smarter future.
You will be helping to create and deliver measurable improvements to our properties and neighbourhoods.
Contribute to the regional climate strategy through engagement and networking
Support the Net Zero Delivery Manager with the Better Homes programme, reducing carbon emissions in our properties.
Support Connect’s organisational goals and comply with our rules, regulations and policies.
Devote time and attention to studies as well as work duties.
Where you'll work
21 Bond Street
Dewsbury
WF13 1AX
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
Bi-weekly attendance to the college and independent learning.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Sustainability interest
About this employer
We are a housing association, providing homes and support across West Yorkshire. As a community benefit society, we are here to serve the interests of our local communities. We have a strong purpose to tackle inequality and create opportunities for fulfilled, healthy lives. This starts with a good home in a neighbourly community. We provide over 3500 homes across West Yorkshire for lots of different types of households. This includes homes for families, supported housing for older people, shared ownership homes and homes for affordable and market rent. But our work goes beyond providing homes for people. We also offer a wide range of support services including assistance for families, young people, older people, people with disabilities, people with mental health issues, people experiencing domestic violence, and homeless people. And we run Thrive, a community venue in Dewsbury. We are led by our board and executive team, who bring together a wealth of different experiences and skills. We work together knowing that, by listening and learning, we can make a difference in the lives of people in West Yorkshire.
Company benefits
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years, plus bank holidays • Group pension scheme • BUPA Health Cash Plan. • Employee Assistance Programme • Retail discounts • Travel season ticket loans
After this apprenticeship
This role will develop both business, project management and office administration skills of the apprentice as well as knowledge on a range of sustainability issues. The trainee / apprenticeship role can lead to further higher qualifications in the housing sector should the candidate demonstrate enthusiasm for this following on from their project management apprenticeship course attained at Calderdale College.
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 VAC1000339054.
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Closes on Tuesday 30 September 2025
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