Early Careers Manager

Early Careers Manager - Milton Keynes

Want to be the best you can be? It's what drives us too.

Reporting to the Head of Talent and Culture, you will be responsible for overseeing the early careers programme for Group 1 Automotive.

This role has a strong strategic and forward-looking focus. The successful candidate will assess the future talent needs of the business and design programmes and initiatives that attract, recruit, develop and retain talented individuals for our future. The role includes some mid-terms focus on project delivery, namely tools that support our teams to manage colleague in the early stages of their career and the colleagues themselves. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the day-to-day logistic administration to ensure smooth running of apprenticeship programmes.

This is currently a stand -alone role but has potential to grow a team in the future.

What we can offer you

• Enjoy 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) to rest and recharge
• Save money every day with our exclusive retail discounts
• Drive a great deal with discounts on new and used cars, plus servicing offers
• Plan for the years ahead with our company pension scheme
• Balance home and work with our industry-leading family-friendly policies designed to help you spend more time with the people that matter
• Commute for less with our cycle-to-work scheme
• Prioritise your wellbeing with dedicated support for you and your family
• 24/7 access to healthcare professionals, ensuring you get the expert advice you need quickly and easily
• Make a difference with a paid day to volunteer in your community
• Invest in your future with our company share purchase plan
• Earn financial rewards when you refer a friend to join the team
• Keep learning and growing with our training and development opportunities for everyone.
• Life assurance with the option to increase cover
• We’re open to flexible working options – just ask

What you’ll do day to day

• Identifying future talent needs and planning programmes to meet these.
• Designing effective attraction strategies and outreach campaigns.
• Representing the business at events, careers fairs, school visits, etc.
• Identifying tools and initiatives that support the wrap around care given to colleagues in their early careers.
• Working with internal colleagues on project delivery.
• Managing external partnerships.
• Managing multiple stakeholders (internal and external), including hiring managers, workshop supervisors, Master Techs, local schools, OEM partners, apprenticeship providers.
• Managing the company's levy account, including ensuring all monies are utilised effectively.
• Supporting upskilling of existing colleagues by apprenticeship programmes.

Helpful skills and qualifications

Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.

• Good understanding of automotive.
• Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards, funding and compliance.
• Confident communicator.
• Skilled at influencing operational managers.
• Sensitive to early careers demographics and their requirements.
• Strong coaching capability.
• Comfortable working with data and numbers.
• Comfortable working in a changing environment.
• Experience delivering and leading projects over short, medium and long term.
• Innovation and creativity are 'nice to have’.

Be part of something big 

Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We are home to over 7000 colleagues dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with 114 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail. 

But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people 

Our Values

At Group 1 Automotive we pride ourselves on our five core values that are incorporated in all we that do.

Respect - Integrity - Transparency - Teamwork – Professionalism

These are the principles that every member of our team lives by, whether that be business functions, customer interactions, how we interact with the local community and even how we view each other in the team.