Apprentice Project Assistant
Department: Community Investment – Homes & Communities
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Type: 2 Year Apprenticeship, Full-Time (35 hours per week)
Location: Ealing / hybrid
Interview date: January 2025
About us
We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.
With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.
We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.
About the role
Our Community Investment five-year plan 2020 – 2025 vision is to reduce social, financial and health inequalities faced by some of our customers and to improve people’s lives and their communities. We will achieve our vision by developing tailored programmes to reduce deprivation, tackle the stigma around social housing and celebrate thriving communities.
The Apprentice Project Assistant is a new and vital role which will support the Community Investment Team’s overall strategy and objectives by working across the teams within Community Investment.
Some Key Responsibilities
You will have the opportunity to complete a Level 4 Associate Project Manager qualification while contributing to our team’s success. Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Supporting the monitoring and reporting of various funding pots within Community Investment, including evaluation of applications.
- Supporting bid writing and tender submissions contributing towards Community Investment’s annual fundraising targets, including undertaking research.
- Assisting with the delivery of projects under the direction of the Communities Partners.
- Assisting with post-project and event evaluations with Communities Partners and reporting on areas for improvement.
- Supporting the day-to-day management of centres, including interacting with customers and ensuring the facilities are ready for customers who are using the centres for events and activities.
- Assisting with the production and distribution of publicity materials such as flyers, newsletters, feedback letters etc.
- Working collaboratively with the Communities Assistants to maintain accurate finances, records, and databases for the team.
- Helping to manage customer contact to ensure every contact counts by resolving customer queries.
More About You
- We are seeking individuals who exhibit curiosity, a strong desire for learning, and a commitment to personal and professional growth.
- Educated to at least GCSE Grade 4/C or equivalent in English and Maths.
- Willingness to undertake professional development including Level 4 in Associate Project Manager within two years, relevant to the client base you will be working with.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications.
- Proven ability of working effectively as part of a team.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Ability to conduct research to gather insights, identify trends, or inform decision-making.
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
- 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
- Up to 8% contributory pension
- Flexible working
- Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Resourcing Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
- actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.
Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.
