Risk Apprentice
Level: 3
Employer: AQA EDUCATION
Location: DEVAS STREET
Over this two-year programme, you’ll work with our Risk and Compliance teams, learning about governance, regulation, and risk management. You will also work towards achieving the Level 3 qualification: Compliance and Risk Officer.
Duration: 2 Years
Expected start date: 07/09/2026
Hours per week: 38 hours
Wage: (Annually)
Job role includes
- As a Risk Apprentice, you’ll rotate through three core areas of the business - Risk Management, Compliance, and Assurance - gaining valuable insight into how we manage risk, uphold standards, and ensure quality across the organisation
- Risk Management - Produce business reports, conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses, and help draft policy documents and presentation materials. Build an understanding of risk management principles and support the implementation of AQA’s risk framework across the organisation
- Compliance - Learn how compliance operates within a regulated industry, assist with reviews of operational practices, and support regulatory reporting. Help manage the resolution of regulatory queries to ensure standards are met
- Assurance - Develop knowledge of internal controls, audit processes, and quality management. Support audit fieldwork and reporting, track audit actions, and contribute to organisation-wide quality initiatives
About employer
AQA is an independent charity that sets and marks over half of all GCSEs and A-levels in the UK every year. AQA's qualifications are internationally recognised and taught in more than 40 countries around the world.
- Progress to a full time role
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
