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Motability Operations Ltd

Data Analyst Apprentice

Hybrid

Bristol, United Kingdom

Full Time

03-03-2025

Job Specifications

About The Role

What you’ll be doing

The Data Analyst Apprenticeship Programme at Motability Operations is an exciting opportunity to take your first steps into a rewarding career at a high performing organisation.

For the duration of the 18-month programme we will support you in combining work and education - you will have an opportunity to gain a Data Analyst qualification while also being an important and highly valued member of a well-established and respected team. You will have the opportunity to build your knowledge of data analysis by working alongside experienced individuals in exciting and rewarding projects and programmes.

This opportunity will provide you with an alternative route into a highly successful organisation away from the classic university pathway. You'll have a chance to learn from experts in their field, develop and grow, while working in a collaborative and innovative environment. You will complete a comprehensive training programme with a chosen provider and will be guided on every step of your apprenticeship journey. Data analysts have an interesting and varied set of responsibilities that vary depending on project requirements and personal drive. They could involve performing initial analysis on raw data, clarifications on business requirements, data validation, processing, governance, visualisation, testing and automation.

The Data Analyst is often the first person to interact with new data within the team, so is responsible for initial classification and cleansing of the data, along with providing information to the data engineers. They will also help people from the business understand the value of their data and insights that can come from it.

As part of your training and development, you will develop technical and non-technical skills that will allow you to:

Analyse and evaluate data in various formats (DB tables, JSON, csv, etc)
Work on databases, including SQL and data structures
Collaborate closely within your team and beyond
Work in an agile development environment
Help define and maintain technical and business processes
Present ideas and findings in meetings

Who You’ll Be Working With

The Data & Business Intelligence team at MO provides tools and methods for the wider business to garner insights from our data warehouse and data lake. We work mainly on Oracle, Snowflake and AWS technologies, with additional use of other database and coding technologies.

We are an innovative and supportive team, working closely with various areas across the business to ensure that we meet their reporting needs in the best possible way.

Recruitment Process

Application and CV

As part of your application, you will answer four questions specific to the apprenticeship role.
If you apply through the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria, your application will be progressed to the video assessment stage.

Video Assessment

You will answer u p to 6 questions via video response.
For each question, you will have 2 minutes thinking time and up to 3 minutes response time.
Additional resources will be provided to you before you begin to support you through this stage.

Assessment Centre

If you progress to the next stage, you will be invited to an assessment centre.
This is an opportunity for us to get to know you better and for you to learn more about us.

At The Assessment Centre, You Will

Attend our Bristol office and meet the team.
Participate in an interview.
Complete task activities.

Offer

If you are successful, we will make you an offer to join our team.
The start date for this apprenticeship is in September.

About You

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate a passion and desire to learn and who enjoy working and collaborating with others. You should feel comfortable working both independently and in teams.

You should have a keen interest in learning about data and technology, even if you have no qualifications or experience in this field. An ability to understand, explain and solve complex problems would also be a benefit.

You should be enthusiastic when dealing with changes and new challenges, be proactive in maintaining a balance between work and learning and have an inquisitive mindset.

You should be able to demonstrate a drive to perform and preferably already be proficient in the use of core Microsoft software such as Word/Excel/PowerPoint. Any exposure to databases, or use of data analysis or visualisation tools would a large benefit.

Minimum criteria

You’ll need all of these.

To have the right to work in the UK
To have lived in the UK continuously for the past 3 years
At least a grade of 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English
3 A levels / BTEC's at grade A-C in any subject (a ttained or predicted).
To have not previously studied the course content
To not undertake any other qualification during your apprenticeship

About The Company

About us

We’re the company behind the Motability Scheme. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We’re the UK’s largest car leasing company and we help over 800,000 people get on the road.

We employ over 1800 people, across London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Coalville. We know our people are key to our success, so we aim to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm to meet our customers' needs.

What We Do

We lease a wide range of tailored mobility solutions to people who receive of one of the Government’s qualifying mobility allowances. Our customers choose a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), scooter or powered wheelchair that best suits their needs. We take care of their insurance, breakdown, servicing and more, as part of our worry-free package.

At the end of the lease, our customers can exchange their vehicle for a brand-new model. Each year we sell and move around 200,000 cars. This makes us the largest supplier of single-source vehicles back into the used car market.

The Scheme has been providing affordable, worry-free motoring for over 45 years. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, with an independent customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10.

How We Work

We work in a hybrid way. That means remotely for up to two days each week and in our great office spaces the rest of the time. This gives us a good work/life balance and lets us collaborate and deliver for our customers. Visit our website to find out more.

We do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests, where possible, to build on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

Our beliefs and values

We believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We want to sustain a nurturing culture. And our people to be rewarded equally, rega...

About the Company

We are Motability Operations, the organisation that delivers the Motability Scheme to over 800,000 disabled people across the UK. Our purpose is to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that advance our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. Since we were founded 45 years ago, we have grown to be the largest leasing company in the UK, providing over five million customers with affordable transport solutions which empower them to move around on their own terms. As well as leasing cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, ... Know more

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