Sustainability and Social Innovation Apprentice
RICOH UK LIMITED
Northampton (NN4 7RG)
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
Posted on 25 March 2026
Contents
Summary
The apprenticeship involves working within our ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Team to champion activities across RUK. This will include Environmental Sustainability, Social Innovation and Governance.
- Wage
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£15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Ricoh has a flexible working requirement.
Hours must be completed in working time between 8am and 6pm, but working day hours are up to the employee and line manager's agreement.
Working days are Monday to Friday.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 July 2026
- 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
- Compile environmental data on companies' impacts and report to internal and external stakeholders
- Support the team on developing, promoting and delivering projects around reducing RUK's carbon footprint and offsetting initiatives
- Champion, coordinate and promote both internally and externally Community Investment throughout RUK, including employee led volunteering and fundraising, as well as corporate donations
- Support CR strategic partnerships with community and business groups/organisations e.g. Business in the Community and the Kings Trust
- Annually report on RUK's social input, output and impacts that we contribute towards our communities
- Facilitate internal and external audits of our ISO Management Systems
- Coordinate, support and advise a virtual team of regional ESG Taskforce Members to deliver ESG Strategy
- Creation and submission of written responses regarding Ricoh's ESG initiatives in support of bid/tender responses and/or stakeholder queries
Where you'll work
900 Pavilion Drive
Northampton
NN4 7RG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
RHG CONSULT 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
Training will take place predominantly remotely via a mixture of workshops, lectures and coaching sessions.
Apprentices will require regular learning time, at least every two weeks although delivered sessions will be monthly.
The programme is delivered as a cohort, so you will be able to network with other apprentices completing the same role in a variety of employers and industries.
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
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Patience
About this employer
Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry-leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools. Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative. Enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.
https://www.ricoh.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Wellbeing schemes to support your physical, emotional and financial health
Competitive holiday entitlement
2 days special leave p/a for volunteering
Additional holiday purchase scheme
Flexible retirement plan
After this apprenticeship
Apprentices will be able to join the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability as a member, which will continue after EPA to allow for lifelong CSR learning.
Option to progress into ESG Management, Project Management, Volunteer Management and more
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RICOH UK LIMITED
Rebecca Rodger
rebecca.rodger@ricoh.co.uk
07791641189
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022914.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
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