Change and Transformation Academy with PWC Applications

Overview

The Change and Transformation Academy with PwC is fully funded by the Department for the Economy and delivered in partnership with Belfast Met.

Assured Skills Academies are a great way to get industry-leading training before entering the workforce or changing career. 

If you want to learn life-long skills that will equip you for the jobs of the future, this Change and Transformation Academy in Belfast is for you. 

The eight-week training program is a unique opportunity to gain confidence and upskill. 

If you successfully complete the course, and are eligible you will be guaranteed a job interview with PwC. However, successfully finishing the academy is not a guarantee of getting a job. 

Candidates selected to join the Academy will learn and develop skills and knowledge across Project management, People Centered Change, Risk and Strategy Management, Human led; tech powered transformations and the use of AI in business, BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis, Design thinking, Professional Skills and Microsoft suite.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Information Session and Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 28 October 2024.

TRAINING

Successful applicants must be able to attend eight weeks intensive training at Belfast Met's dedicated training venue in Belfast starting Monday 18th November 2024 to Friday 24 January 2025.

Training will be in Campus Monday-Friday 9.00am-5.00pm. 

• Participants will be paid a £175 weekly training allowance while in training
• Participants will be paid reasonable travel expenses covering their return journey from their place of residence to the college while in training.
• Participants may be eligible for assistance with childcare costs while in training.

Company Information

PwC in Northern Ireland is the largest firm of professional advisors in the region as well as home to some of PwC’s global centres of excellence.  Opportunities are available in their Operate business area which delivers large operational and managed service solutions for a diverse range of clients across the globe to meet regulatory, risk and compliance challenges.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Applicants must:

• be at least 18 years old by Monday 18 November 2024
• have a right to work and to undertake Assured Skills Training in the UK at the point of application and not be disqualified from doing either by reason of their immigration status. Proof of this will be required in order to progress to interview.

• hold at least a 2:2 degree at the point of application.

  In the event that a large number of applications are received PwC reserve the right to enhance the minimum criteria if necessary in order to generate a manageable shortlist for interviews. 

If living outside Northern Ireland – by accepting an offer of a place on this pre-employment training Academy, you are committing to attending training and pursuing a job opportunity with one of the supporting companies based in Northern Ireland.

APPLICATIONS OPEN

Applications are welcome from everyone who meets the essential criteria and are particularly welcome from persons returning to work from a period of caring for their children or other family members.

If you have a disability and require assistance in completing this form please email Assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk or by telephoning 028 9041 6972.

Correspondence Regarding Your Application

All correspondence relating to your application will be via email from assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk. It is your responsibility as applicant to act as required within the given time frame.

Email whitelisting helps ensure that important messages from known senders won’t end up in the spam folder.

To whitelist the assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk email address, you may wish to:

• Open your email client and navigate to the settings.
• Find the option to create a new filter or add a new contact.
• Add the email address assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk as a known contact/safe sender
• Save the changes.

The exact steps may vary depending on the email client you are using.

If you do not receive an email about your application by 25 October 2024 please contact assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk and put PWC Change and Transformation Academy in the subject line.

To find out how we manage your information please see privacy notice below:

https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/publications/assured-skills-academies-privacy-notice

If you wish to make a complaint about the Assured Skills programme, please email assured.skills@economy-ni.gov.uk or telephone 028 9041 6941.