Apprentice Project Manager

3ROC LTD

ROCHDALE (OL11 4RG)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 23 October 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 October 2026

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Summary

We’re seeking an organised, professional apprentice with some relevant workplace experience, although attitude, aptitude and cultural fit matter most. You don’t need a project management title. You’ll support live projects from day one while developing through the Level 4 apprenticeship with GLP Training.

Wage

£20,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£20,000-£22,000 per annum

Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday / 09:00-17:00 Remote Hybrid with attendance at 3Roc head office, Rochdale, and client sites as required.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 8 December 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

  • Support the coordination and delivery of IT projects and programmes across the 3Roc portfolio
  • Maintain project documentation — plans, logs, reports, and action trackers
  • Attend and contribute to project meetings, take minutes, and follow up on agreed actions
  • Build working relationships with colleagues, clients, technical teams, and suppliers
  • Proactively flag risks, issues, or concerns to the Project Manager in a timely manner
  • Develop toward taking independent ownership of defined project workstreams over time
  • Complete all elements of the Level 4 apprenticeship programme including off-the-job learning with GLP

Where you'll work

2 MARLAND CLOSE
ROCHDALE
OL11 4RG

Training

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

Training provider

GLP TRAINING LTD

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

You will meet your tutor every 4 weeks with a mix of remote 1:1 sessions, group masterclasses via Teams and (where necessary) tutors coming on site to meet you.

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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

3Roc is a specialist IT managed services and technology consultancy based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. We deliver complex infrastructure and digital transformation programmes for major enterprise clients. We are a growing business that invests in its people and wants team members who bring the right attitude and some relevant foundation to build on quickly.

Company benefits

  • Full Level 4 Associate Project Manager apprenticeship, fully funded via GLP
  • Hybrid working
  • 25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
  • Pension auto-enrolment
  • Exposure to major enterprise and government sector programmes
  • Clear career path to Project Manager at 3Roc upon successful completion

After this apprenticeship

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

There is a clear career path to Project Manager at 3Roc upon successful completion.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GLP TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000057075.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 23 October 2026 at 11:59pm)