People & culture - degree apprenticeship
BP P.L.C.
Surrey (TW16 7LN)
Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
Posted on 5 November 2025
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Summary
As a global energy business, we lead the world in powering a cleaner, more sustainable future. Our teams come from different cultures and backgrounds, so a career in human resources as a people & culture advisor is always going to be exciting, challenging and full of opportunity. Join bp to learn, grow, and build a varied and rewarding career.
- Wage
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£24,100 a year
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*A generous flexible benefits allowance *£1,500 wellbeing allowance *Annual bonus plan *Option to participate in share plans *A one off settling in allowance of £3,000
- Training course
- Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
Total hours per week: 36.25.
36 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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4
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
On this four-year programme, you’ll split your time between a number of exciting roles. Each role will give you a comprehensive introduction to bp, our businesses and our people & culture function. In these rotational roles, you’ll gain knowledge of the sub-disciplines within P&C, and develop the technical, business, and behavioural skills you’ll need to become a well-rounded P&C professional.
- Your first 12 months: building skills.
- Your first year will be spent in services & solutions to give you a fundamental appreciation of how P&C operates, developing your understanding of P&C policy, advice, systems, process, and employee experience. This foundation will be invaluable as you move into your next rotations.
- The next 36 months: broadening your development.
- Your first year is followed by two rotations in a people & culture specialist or partnering role, depending on your development needs, your study plan, and available opportunities at the time.
- Aligning with our graduate programme.
- You will be developed alongside our people & culture graduates and will be part of that broader early career community. If you meet the programme requirements and successfully complete your business management degree, you’ll formally graduate from the programme after four years.
- After qualifying: a rewarding career.
- Beyond formal early career programmes, bp employees tend to move roles every two to four years (subject to performance and experience).
Where you'll work
BP ICBT
Chertsey Road
Sunbury-on-Thames
Surrey
TW16 7LN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CORNDEL LIMITED
Training course
Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence. Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes. Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
- Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals. Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required. Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
- Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
- Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships. Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
- Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
- Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms. Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate. Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
- Able to articulate organisational purpose and values. Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
- Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes. Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
- Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels. Able to contribute within a team environment. Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback. Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
- Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others. Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
- Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
- Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making
Training schedule
- You will study for a Chartered Manager Business Degree provided by Corndel.
- The formal learning will be a combination of online and in person.
- a minimum of 6 hours of your working time will be protected for formal learning.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level 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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
About this employer
bp is a global company that offers a world of opportunities for professionals as well as those starting out in their career. We’re guided by our purpose and ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get there too. What does this mean for you? It means you can expect purposeful work, world-class training and the flexibility to realize your full potential. Not to mention the chance to join a company committed to delivering more sustainable energy for all. Ready to crack on? Your perfect job match awaits.
After this apprenticeship
- There may be an opportunity to apply for a permanent role with bp
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNDEL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349656.
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Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
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