Leadership and Management Professional Apprenticeship
First Response Finance are the Number 1 vehicle finance company and A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 EMPLOYER! AND we're proud of it! You’ve only got to have a look at our customer and employee reviews to see how important our people are, and we take their happiness, health, and work-life balance very seriously.
Entry Criteria
- 104 UCAS points – BBC at A Level
- GCSE Maths & English – Grade 4 (C)
- The right to work in the UK
Degree Apprenticeships
A Degree Apprenticeship is a fantastic blend of degree level learning where college and sixth form leavers can continue education and start a career at the same time! You will be responsible for your own development and carving out your long-term career at First Response. You will be keen to learn, happy to make mistakes and seek out feedback to accelerate your development. You will be keen to support our customers and work collaboratively with your team. You will look to continuously challenge process by applying what you have learnt at university back to the workplace to help us improve our business and become more efficient.
Our impressive business degree apprenticeship programme offers:
- A full university degree in Management and Leadership at Nottingham Trent or Sheffield Hallam.
- A full-time role at First Response Finance (A UK Top 100 employer)
- A starting salary of £18,741.00
- No student debt – we cover all your tuition fees!
- A real role with challenging work
- Robust mentoring scheme designed to support you through your career with us.
- Opportunity for hybrid working once fully trained in line with your team.
More about the job…
You will join one of our Sales teams based at our Nottingham office (NG9 6RZ). As part of the sales team some of your roles and responsibilities will include:
- Utilising various communication methods to seek out new dealer opportunities, working to get them on board with First Response Finance.
- Seeking out opportunities to develop new skills and maximise any learning to continually grow.
- Managing and prioritising your call cycle based on the potential of the dealerships at hand.
- Utilising our product offering USP’s & commission structures to win business from new and regressed dealerships.
- Analysing and measuring your overall strategy and performance, making tweaks where needed to ensure you’re meeting the growth objectives in the team.
- Delivering a high level of customer service to both our dealer partners and customers, whether this is inbound or outbound.
This is a full-time position where you will work:
- Monday to Friday: 09.00-17.30
- One Saturday a month: 10:00-16:00
- Hybrid with 2 days in the office (likely more during your training period)
- Department
- Apprenticeship Scheme
- Locations
- Nottingham
- Remote status
- Hybrid

Nottingham
Perks & Benefits
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Mental Health & Wellness🧠
Private Medical Insurance, Mental Health at work training for 100% of managers, enhanced sick pay, cycle to work scheme, massages, flu vaccinations, fruit baskets and many more! -
Your Life, Your Way💓
Care days, enhanced maternity and adoption pay, adding family members to your Private Medical Insurance Policy, buying and selling holidays, one to one catch ups with your line managers and much more! -
Financial Stability💸
Company-wide bonus scheme, enhanced pension scheme, thousands of discounts at high street retailers, no commission structures and much more! -
Career Development📚
Internal development schemes, 2x weekly personal development sessions, and much more!
Workplace & Culture
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Leadership and Management Professional Apprenticeship
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