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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 Underwriting teams as a Coordinator based at our Nottingham office (NG9 6RZ). This role requires a person that can work quickly but to a high standard with a keen eye for detail. Organised, with an ability to prioritise workloads. A good communicator and able to work well in a team, understanding each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

As part of the Underwriting team some of your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a busy underwriting team, dealing with customers requested call backs, providing updates to our dealer partners and ensuring we have the staff to meet the customers demand.

• Responsible for the team’s daily capacity. This means communicating between teams, organising lunches etc. and making sure we have the staff available to meet customers’ phonecalls.

• Manage and take responsibility for own performance and give feedback to team members where required.

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 3 days in the office (likely more during your training period)