IT Data Analyst Apprentice - Oakland International

Apprentice

Redditch

Posted 1 week ago

Are you passionate about data and eager to kick-start your career in IT?

Oakland International is a responsible family enterprise focused on sustainable growth through partnerships, collaboration, and innovation, with an environmental and social conscience. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our IT Department as a Data Analyst Apprentice. This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience and earn a qualification while working with an experienced IT team in the logistics and distribution industry.

The Apprenticeship Programme:

You will embark on a 12-month apprenticeship programme, working towards a recognised qualification. The programme will cover essential learning modules, including:

Data fundamentals and database management
Data analysis and interpretation techniques
Reporting and visualisation tools (e.g., PowerBI, SQL)
Data quality and governance
Problem-solving and diagnostic skills in a data context

Whilst learning, you’ll be working closely with our experienced IT team, applying your new skills in a real-world logistics and distribution environment.

The Role:

As an IT Data Analyst Apprentice, you will play a crucial role in managing IT-related data and reporting activity for Oakland International. You will help turn data into information, information into insight, and insight into business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

Support with building and updating reports alongside the Group IT Team.
Acquire data from various sources and maintain databases.
Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in data sets.
Clean and filter data by reviewing reports and performance indicators.
Stay aware of current technology trends to identify opportunities for system improvements.
Engage with stakeholders, clients, and retailers to devise improvement plans.
Manage relationships with IT partners.
Review site ticket status daily and action any outstanding issues.
Update project status weekly.

What we’re looking for:

Essential:

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grades 9-4 or A-C, including English and Mathematics.
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
Excellent organisation and time management skills.
Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
Passion and enthusiasm for data and IT.
A pleasant and diplomatic manner when dealing with customers.
A pleasant and diplomatic manner when dealing with customers.
Flexibility and accessibility.
Ability to work under pressure in a demanding, dynamic environment.
Willingness to learn and expand knowledge.
Competence to be a team player with the ability to build relationships.
Desire to acquire new skills and knowledge and apply them effectively.
Desire to keep learning about new developments.

Desirable:

3 A Levels (or equivalent) at grades A*-C in any subject, preferably one in a numerical or computing subject.
Knowledge and experience of reporting packages (e.g., Business Objects, SSRS, PowerBI) and databases (e.g., SQL).
Enthusiasm, confidence with a positive attitude.

Why join Oakland International?

You will have the opportunity to participate fully in the Company’s Personal Performance and Development process and undertake relevant training. We encourage a respectful and mutually supportive working environment and support our team members to develop and learn. You will build strong working relationships with colleagues across the company.

Ready to start your data career? Apply now!

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
On-site gym
On-site parking
Referral programme

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Weekend availability

Job Features

Department:	IT
Weekly working hours:	40
Salary	£26,000
Responsible to:	IT
Responsible for:	n/a
Authorised by	KH

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Data controller: Oakland International Limited
Seafield Lane, Beoley, Redditch. B98 9DB

As part of any recruitment process, the organisation collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

What information does the organisation collect?

The organisation collects a range of information about you. This includes:

your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number
details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history
information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements
whether or not you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and
information about your entitlement to work in the UK.

The organisation may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application forms, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews, publicly available information or other forms of assessment.

The organisation may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, information from employment background check providers and information from criminal records checks. The organisation will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).

Why does the organisation process personal data?

The organisation needs to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. It may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

In some cases, the organisation needs to process data to ensure that it is complying with its legal obligations. For example, it is required to check a successful applicant's eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.

The organisation has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows the organisation to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. The organisation may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.

The organisation may process special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation or religion or belief, to monitor recruitment statistics. It may also collect information about whether or not applicants are disabled to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability. The organisation processes such information to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

For some roles, the organisation is obliged to seek information about criminal convictions and offences. Where the organisation seeks this information, it does so because it is necessary for it to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

The organisation will not use your data for any purpose other than the recruitment exercise for which you have applied.

Who has access to data?
Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area for which you may be considered and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.

The organisation will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an offer of employment. The organisation will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you, employment background check providers to obtain necessary background checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service to obtain necessary criminal records checks.

The organisation will not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

How does the organisation protect data?

The organisation takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

For how long does the organisation keep data?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the organisation will hold your data on file for 6 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. At the end of that period, your data is deleted or destroyed.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in a new privacy notice.

Your rights

As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:

access and obtain a copy of your data on request
require the organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data
require the organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing, and
object to the processing of your data where the organisation is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact Donna Frost, HR Advisor at the Data Controller office address, or by emailing HR@oakland-international.com
If you believe that the organisation has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner.

What if you do not provide personal data?

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the organisation during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, the organisation may not be able to process your application properly or at all.

Automated decision-making

Recruitment processes are not based solely on automated decision-making.