Business Management Apprentice - Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship

Position: 2026 Business Management Apprentice - Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship
Location: Templecombe

Location:

templecombe, united kingdomthales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including above and sonar, electronic combat, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us.

At thales uk, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of aerospace, defence, security and space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
** 2026 business management apprentice - level 6 chartered manager degree apprenticeship
**** start date:
** 07 september 2026
** salary:** £24,000 per annum
** employee type:
** permanent
* * location:
** templecombe
* * working schedule:
** monday – friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours monday – thursday, 5 hours friday)
** what the role has to offer:
*** earn while you learn
* job specific training experience
* recognised qualifications
* permanent role from day one
* tuition fees for university or approved training providers are fully coveredyou will gain valuable experience by working in a variety of business functions such as finance, health & safety, delivery, legal & commercial and procurement. This will equip you with the knowledge and opportunities to develop and further your skills and behaviours which will be consolidated with your chartered manager degree.

With each placement you will gain an enhanced understanding of the business.you will be encouraged to support corporate social responsibility initiatives throughout your apprenticeship to enhance society and the environment and allow you to manage stakeholders and to demonstrate your leadership skills.
** key responsibilities:
*** assisting the functions in driving through initiatives and improvements - these tasks vary depending on the placement and could take the form of a defined project or generally helping the team with their workload
* accessing data via our digital operations, improving data quality, producing reports
* updating our enterprise resource planning tool, gaining an understanding of our processes
** apprentice programme:
** as a business management apprentice, you will be studying at corndel towards a level 6 chartered manager degree. This is a 3-year programme and will be delivered via a virtual delivery model, with live virtual workshops and 1-2-1 coaching calls.  At the end of the 3 years and upon passing your end point assessment you will have achieved a bsc in applied business management, plus the level 6 chartered manager degree apprenticeship.

You will also achieve chartered manager status with the chartered management institute (cmi).
** requirements:
*** 104 ucas points at a level (bcc) or an equivalent i.e. Btec (dmm) in a business discipline
* 5 gcse’s 9-4 (a-c), including english and maths
** benefits:
*** 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
* company pension
* health care cash plan
* life insurance
* discount portal
* performance-related pay uplifts
* 80 hours volunteering (per year for the first two years)
** please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between february - may 2026.  Induction week for all graduates and apprentices will take place from monday 7 september - friday 11 september 2026.
**** closing date:
** our applications will close at
** 11.59pm
** on
** thursday 12 february 2026**, this is the only time we will be accepting applications this year. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of
** february 2026
** with details of next steps.
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