Small Business Graduate Scheme jobs

Looking for an exciting opportunity to fast-track into a management role? Keen to learn about a range of different business areas? Do you have the energy, enthusiasm and proactivity to help us to develop and implement our strategic plans?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Astranti is a small, fast-growing online training organisation. We are proud to help thousands of people from around the world to pass their professional qualifications as a stepping stone to success in their careers, We produce high-quality study materials for finance, business, management, counselling and law. Based on our success, we are expanding into new markets and are therefore looking for great people to help us move to the next level!

As part of our management development graduate scheme, you will gain hands-on experience in a wide range of business areas over two years before taking on a management role within the organisation.

To support your development of the leadership skills needed for a management position, you will also have the option to work towards the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 Certificate, with the potential to progress towards becoming a Chartered Manager.

The structure of our programme:

Year 1 and Year 2: A mix of work in the content, marketing, and customer service teams

Within the content team, you will learn how to:

• Produce a wide variety of high-quality study materials, making effective use of AI tools to support content creation, development and improvement. This includes creating study notes, mock exams, tuition videos, test questions and presentations
• Proof materials to ensure that they are of a consistently high standard
• Publish our study materials on our website and in print format

Within the marketing team, you will learn how to:

• Create marketing materials such as email campaigns and website content
• Design and manage social media activity (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Forums, LinkedIn etc.)
• Ensure search engine optimisation to maximise traffic
• Build website pages and update content
• Respond to customer questions and queries
• Manage our online training course content
• Support the marketing manager in a range of ad-hoc projects

Within the customer and mentoring service team, you will learn how to:

• Communicate with new and existing customers through platforms such as emails, phone and instant messaging

Year 3:

Assuming that the first two years have gone well, you will step into a management role and be responsible for managing an area of the business. In this role, you will be able to apply the skills that you’ve developed so far but will also enable you to take a more strategic view.

Benefits:

• The salary package for this position will be £29,100 increasing to £33,600 when stepping into the junior manager role (including pension contributions)
• Financial support and study leave to help in the achievement of a CMI Level 5 Certificate
• A performance-related promotional system allowing high-performers to progress quickly
• A ‘10 in 9’ working arrangement - every other Friday is a non-working day
• 25.5 days of annual leave under the ‘10 in 9’ arrangement (including bank holidays) - equivalent to 28 days for a normal 5 day working week
• Astranti Flex scheme - allows you to decide what benefits you choose as part of your employment. As part of this, you can vary items such as your pension contributions, annual leave and participation in the company's profit sharing scheme and manage those against the impact on your take-home pay.
• Supportive environment
• Working in a close-knit team focused on working on team-based goals
• Training and team-building initiatives

What Astranti people are like:

Successful Astranti staff share some key qualities:

• Strategic thinking and proactive
• Willingness to go the extra mile with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude
• Good communication skills
• Team players who support their colleagues
• Continuously seeking to learn and improve
• Ambitious to progress in the business
• Committed to our business and looking to grow with us
• Excellent writing styles and attention to detail
• Strong IT skills
• Confident and open to using AI tools effectively to improve the quality and efficiency of their work

This role is based in our Trowbridge office. During your initial training period, you will be expected to work from the office full time. Once fully trained, the role will move to a hybrid working pattern, with two days per week in the office and three days working from home.

Criteria for application and how to apply:

Please apply by sending us a cover letter and CV. The cover letter must include answers to the following questions (the failure to answer these questions will result in immediate rejection):

• Why do you think you would be suitable for this role? Include one non-academic example of something which demonstrates this.
• What do you believe are the top 3 key challenges for a fast-growing online training business such as Astranti?

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: £29,100.00-£33,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• Have you submitted a cover letter? Applications without cover letters may be automatically rejected.

Licence/Certification:

• Bachelor's Degree - Upper Second Class (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Trowbridge