AI Business Analyst Apprentice

THE SITE SUPPLY CO LTD

Stockport (SK4 1QR)

Closes on Saturday 26 December 2026

Posted on 12 November 2026


Summary

We are looking for a Business Analyst Apprentice to help us understand our processes, find what could be better and use AI to get there faster. You’ll earn a Level 4 Business Analyst apprenticeship with NowSkills, backed by a workplace mentor. No industry experience? No problem. Full training is included.

Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm – evenings and weekends are yours.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 1 January 2027

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Finding out how things work: Talk to colleagues, watch how tasks are done and map out our processes
  • Spotting improvements: Find the slow, repetitive or costly parts of the business and suggest better ways of working
  • Analysing data: Make sense of numbers and turn them into clear insights
  • Using AI as your co-pilot: Use tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to summarise interviews, draft requirements, analyse information and test ideas, then check the results with your own judgement
  • Writing it up: Turn what you find into clear requirements, reports and recommendations
  • Working with people: Run workshops and updates with different teams, and help them adopt changes
  • Staying ahead: Keep up with new AI tools and work out which could help the business

Where you'll work

Whitehill Industrial Estate
Stockport
SK4 1QR

Training

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

Training provider

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

Training course

Business analyst (level 4)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
  • Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
  • Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
  • Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
  • Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
  • Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
  • Elicit process information from stakeholders
  • Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Produce models of redesigned business processes
  • Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
  • Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
  • Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
  • Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
  • Validate requirements with stakeholders
  • Support the establishment of requirements traceability
  • Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
  • Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
  • Support the development of models of future state business situations
  • Identify key differences between current and future business situations
  • Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
  • Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
  • Support business acceptance of business and system changes
  • Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
  • Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
  • Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
  • Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
  • Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
  • Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
  • Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
  • Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
  • Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
  • Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
  • Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
  • Elicit process information from stakeholders
  • Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Produce models of redesigned business processes
  • Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
  • Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
  • Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
  • Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
  • Validate requirements with stakeholders
  • Support the establishment of requirements traceability
  • Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
  • Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
  • Support the development of models of future state business situations
  • Identify key differences between current and future business situations
  • Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
  • Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
  • Support business acceptance of business and system changes
  • Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
  • Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
  • Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
  • Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
  • Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

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

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative

About this employer

Founded in 2002 and based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, The Site Supply Group (including hivis.net) is one of the UK’s leading online suppliers of corporate wear, workwear, hi-vis clothing and PPE. We’re official distributors for some of the sector’s biggest brands, and our in-house digital print and embroidery departments produce high-quality branded garments. We’re proud to be ISO 9001 approved.

Company benefits

20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
A real chance of a permanent role once qualified

After this apprenticeship

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

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. 

Successful completion of the apprenticeship may lead to a permanent full-time role, subject to performance and business needs.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000064008.

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Closes on Saturday 26 December 2026

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