Apprentice in Architecture

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 273675**Salary**:

- £26,775- including location allowance**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Apprentice**Contract type**:

- Apprenticeship**Type of role**:

- Architecture and Data**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Hanslope, South East England, MK19 7BHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Love all things architecture? Wondering how you can make a career of it? Then this is the apprenticeship for you. You’ll discover a rare kind of impact as part of a talented team that provides specialist advice and design solutions for our government clients at home and overseas. Whether it’s coming up with a new office space plan to help our government customers optimise their workplace environment or drawing up plans for the sensitive refurbishment of a listed embassy that’s part of a city’s heritage, you’ll learn how we embed security into all of our construction design projects. And you’ll get hands-on experience in a welcoming, supportive environment, where your ideas and input will be valued from day one. All while doing work with purpose and enjoying the benefits of working in Civil Service.
- Whether you’re a school-leaver, returning to work after a career break or just looking for a career change, an Apprenticeship in Architecture at FCDO Services is the opportunity of a lifetime. It’s a chance to work on vital projects in locations across the world and contribute to the safety of the nation. Put simply, your future just got a whole lot bigger.
- Let’s introduce ourselves-
**Job description**:

- So what will you do?
- After settling in with an induction into all areas of FCDO Services, you’ll dive right into live, global projects. One day you might be producing drawings and specifications for an extension of a High Commission in a bustling city centre. The next, you’ll be completing measurement surveys and reports for an ambassador’s residence on a remote island. Everything you do will be to ensure our government-level clients can operate safely in secure buildings in the UK and beyond.-
- What we look for
- This apprenticeship is open to everyone, but you must:
- Be a British citizen who’s lived in the UK for the last three years before the first day of your apprenticeship (aiming to start September 2023), and for at least five of the last ten years
- Be at least 16 years old by 30 April 2023 so you can complete Security Check (SC) clearance before your start date
- Have a minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent e.g. O levels) in Maths and English at grades 9-4 (A*-C)
- Have a genuine interest in architecture, design and construction
- Be passionate about collaboration
- Be willing to travel overseas as part of your apprenticeship
- Be reliable, responsive, easy to work with and able to build relationships
- Vetting- It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world
- The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And Employers for Carers. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.
- Step into our Virtual Embassy- FCDO Services are regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
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- What we look for
- This apprenticeship is open to everyone, but you must:
- Be a British citizen who’s lived in the UK for the last three years before the first day of your apprenticeship (aiming to start September 2023), and for at least five of the last ten years
- Be at least 16 years old by 30 April 2023 so you can complete Security Check (SC) clearance before your start date
- Have a minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent e.g. O levels) in Maths and English at grades 9-4 (A*-C)
- Have a genuine interest in architecture, design and construction
- Be passionate about collaboration
- Be willing to travel overseas as part of your apprenticeship
- Be reliable, responsive, easy to work with and able to build relationships

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.- Civil Service online judgement test: This will test the following behaviours:
Managing a quality service, Making effective decision