Customer Service Apprentice

Indigo Car Hire

Leeds (LS12 1EL)

Closes in 20 days (Monday 2 November 2026)

Posted on 12 October 2026

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Summary

Indigo Car Hire is hiring a Customer Service Apprentice for its reservations team in Leeds. This exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced reservations team, earning and gaining a qualification at the same time. The business is keen to promote from within; six members of the team started as apprentices. You don’t need car hire experience.

Wage

£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
30 hours per week Monday - Friday. Shifts TBC.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 December 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

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

What you will do

  • Build and maintain Indigo Car Hire’s 5* reputation through clear and helpful service
  • Use all communication platforms (phone, email and live chat) to convert enquiries into reservations
  • Explain prices, terms and conditions so customers know everything before they reserve
  • Process new reservations, amendments, and cancellations
  • Use our reservation systems and keep customer records accurate
  • Build vehicle rental knowledge
  • Act on feedback from colleagues and customers to improve your service
  • Candidates must be able to work as part of a team, with a smart and presentable appearance 

What you will learn

  • The intricacies of vehicle rental
  • Understand customer perspectives
  • Articulate options clearly
  • Build customer confidence to finalise a reservation
  • Personal skills that serve you at work and in life

Where you'll work

Photon House, Percy Street
Leeds
LS12 1EL

Training

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

Training provider

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Training schedule

As part of your Apprenticeship, you will be enrolled onto a nationally recognised Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner via our training partner, Learning Skills Partnership.

Your Apprenticeship typically takes 15 months to complete and is fully supported through work based learning, this means that all training is done at the workplace eliminating the need to attend college.

The successful candidate will be allocated a tutor who will provide a mixture of interactive online group teaching and 1-1 training monthly.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths (grade 4/C)
  • English (grade 4/C)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Customer care skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Administrative skills

About this employer

Indigo Car Hire arranges car hire worldwide, with access to 25,000 locations. The team has years of experience in the industry. It works to find customers the best option for their requirements and to articulate terms and conditions clearly. Indigo Car Hire holds a 5-star rating on Google and Trustpilot. Every enquiry you handle affects those ratings, so accuracy and care matter. They really are the Car Hire Experts.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Full training will be given in this challenging and varied role to ensure that the apprentice has the skills and expertise to become and be considered as a permanent member of staff. 

Indigo Car Hire are real believers in Apprenticeship programmes and 8 members in the team started their journeys with the company as Apprentices too! 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Learning Skills Partnership

holly.parkinson@learningskillspartnership.com

01482 338844

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058561.

Apply now

Closes in 20 days (Monday 2 November 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.