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SalaryAre you interested in kickstarting your career in a company recognised for its inclusivity, sustainability, and ethics? Are you curious about technology but unsure what the possibilities are?
With Sopra Steria’s Digital Academy, we’ll give you the qualifications, skills and hands-on training needed to thrive in the IT industry.
The digital academy is a unique training program, crafted to enable you to gain knowledge and experience across a variety of areas in IT. Offering lots of flexibility, all we ask is that you're open to learn new things and are willing to adapt to different career paths. So, If you’re already set on a particular career this may not be the right opportunity for you.
The ongoing training allows you to earn as you learn, gain industry standard certifications and the skills needed to set you up for your career within Sopra Steria, one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Technology, Women and Wellbeing.
What you need to know:
- Designed to make a real difference to people in the early part of their IT career, we will equip you with the essential skills to succeed.
- To support your training and induction you will need to attend your closest Sopra Steria office this could be in: London, Hemel Hempstead, Edinburgh, or Salford.
- During your career at Sopra Steria, you can expect to work with various clients across the UK. We do offer hybrid working with the flexibility to work from home some of the time if you want to.
- We really want you to succeed, so there will be lots of support from dedicated managers, mentors, and buddies!
- As part of this role, you will be required to go through a Security Clearance process more information on this process will be shared with you at application.
- Dates for the diary: applications open in February 2024; Interviews will be held in March 2024; Start date is May 2024.
What you'll be doing:
Following the initial induction and with continued training and support, you will find yourself involved in various tasks where you will put your learning into practice. This program will see that you gain exposure to lots of areas across the entire project lifecycle with tasks involving, but not limited to:
- Supporting on projects and generating business insights from data.
- Building and supporting Cloud environments.
- Coding, testing and resolving IT issues.
Don't worry if this seems out of reach - with our training program you will be equipped to succeed in all these tasks and more!
What you’ll bring:
No formal qualifications are required, but we do ask that you are:
- Flexible: enjoy adapting to change, thriving in environments that require you to tackle new information.
- An Excellent teammate: enjoy working with and supporting others, while also being comfortable to ask for help when you need it.
- A Growth mindset: drive your career and learning forward, striving to improve and develop yourself.
- Logical: able to take a thorough approach when solving problems, breaking tasks down and seeking to understand the big picture.
- Accountable: able to take ownership of tasks and hold yourself accountable for what you have delivered.
What’s in it for you?
- Starting salary £26,000
- 25 days holiday allowance
- Company pension contribution of 4%
- A 3% fund to buy the benefits you want
- There are opportunities to volunteer in the local community, up to 3 days paid volunteering per year
- Discounts on circa 1600 retailers, including gym memberships, high street shopping and experience days
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. If you are interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
