Trainee Risk & Resilience Analyst Apprenticeship

About the Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Operational Resilience, the Trainee Operational Resilience Analyst will support the ongoing management and delivery of the firm’s Business Continuity Planning and Management, providing guidance and support to relevant teams in emergencies to ensure successful recovery with minimal impact on the business and customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance of our Resilience Framework, testing schedule and testing results
• Support key processes such as the Operational Resilience Self-Assessment
• Review and maintain our Important Business Services including resource mapping
• Ensure ability to recover from a Disaster in a timely fashion
• Deputise on the Crisis Management Team during service interruptions
• Assist with Business Impact Analysis and identify single points of failure
• Create a comprehensive programme of resilience testing and validation
• Support creation of DR runbooks and scenario testing
• Work with third parties to improve resilience testing
• Ensure plans and documents are updated
• Support audits and prepare Board/Executive reports
• Identify and assess Operational Resilience risks

Personal Attributes

Straight Talking | Moving with Speed | Owning the Outcome

• Confident communicator adaptable to diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise workloads
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team player, self-motivated under limited supervision

About the Apprenticeship

You will develop technical knowledge and professional skills through the Resilience and Emergency Professional apprenticeship, achieving a BSc Resilience and Emergencies Professional degree and Level 6 apprenticeship. The programme typically takes 40 months and requires mandatory on-campus attendance at Coventry University (travel and accommodation funded).

Requirements

• At least 18 years old by 1st September 2026
• UK/EEA citizen or lived in UK/EEA continuously for last 3 years
• Eligible to work in the UK and not in full-time education
• Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent) grades A* to C (9 to 4)
• 112 UCAS tariff points (BBC at A-level) or equivalent Level 3 qualification
• Must not hold an existing qualification at same or higher level in similar subject

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Staff discounts on investment products
• Personal & well-being fund
• Retail discounts
• Voluntary flexible benefits