Environmental & Sustainability Apprentice
ASTON MANOR LIMITED
Birmingham (B6 7BH)
Closes in 13 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 November 2025
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Summary
This position is a member the Compliance Team based at the Witton site but with travel to all sites when required. In this role you will be supporting the Environment and Sustainability Manager who is responsible for managing and overseeing environment and sustainability issues for all sites.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
8.30 am - 4.30 pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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3 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
· Support development of environmental management systems, including policies and procedures;
· Using a range of software platforms, support sustainability data collection, review, assurance and submission to internal stakeholders, customers, regulators etc. Help improve data quality over time;
· Undertake internal audits and support people across the business in resolving findings;
· Support regulatory compliance management, including site environmental permits, waste duty of care, packaging EPR etc;
· Develop as an advisor to the business on environmental regulation, best practice and stakeholder expectations;
· Support and/or own programmes to engage with key sustainability issues such as climate change, sustainable packaging, and biodiversity;
· Look for opportunities to reduce cost and make processes more effective, while maintaining compliance.
Where you'll work
Deykin Avenue
Birmingham
B6 7BH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Training course
Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5 or above)
- Maths (grade 5 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
A driving licence would be desirable due to travel to other sites within the UK.
About this employer
A cider-led beverage company, dedicated to delivering sustainable success for our valued customers. Our extensive portfolio includes a diverse range of award-winning ciders spanning value, mainstream, and premium categories. We are committed to investing in every facet of our operations to minimise our environmental footprint and enhance sustainability. Our ongoing efforts in this regard have consistently earned us recognition for our commitment to environmental responsibility.
https://www.astonmanor.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
EAP, Perkbox, Death In Service, Pension Scheme, Cycle Scheme, Medical Schemes
After this apprenticeship
Following completion of the apprenticeship it is hoped the apprentice joins the company on a permenant basis within the Compliance team, where we will provide further opporunities for learning and growth.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASTON MANOR LIMITED
Fiona Booth
fiona.booth@astonmanor.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350085.
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Closes in 13 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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