Location
Milton Keynes, GB
Department Name
DV Business Continuity Management (100007) G3
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Vacancy Details
Duration: Apprentice for 3 1/2 years as a fixed term contract. Full Time (35hours per week) with a blend of work and study. University/dedicated study time is expected to be 1 day a week. The start date for this opportunity will be January 2026
Location: The Quadrant:MK, 2/3 days in the office a week.
Salary: £23,000
Brief Description
Are you keen to learn more about how the railway copes during disruptive events and find out about all of the planning activities that go on in the background to make us resilient?
About The Role (External)
About the team..
You will be an integral part of the National Business Continuity Team within Network Rail, working closely with resilience professionals from across the company and wider railway. The team are continuously pushing boundaries and looking for ways to improve how we prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptive events that impact our railway and passengers. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work alongside a high performing team, within a complex and diverse organisation.
As part of this role, you’ll be supported to complete the Resilience and Emergencies Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Level 6), delivered by Coventry University. This 3.5-year programme blends academic study with practical experience, enabling you to earn a BSc (Hons) while developing real-world skills in incident management, resilience planning, and emergency response. With a mix of online learning, on-campus training, and workplace application, Network Rail will work closely with the university to support your development and ensure you make a meaningful impact from day one.
What does the average day look like?
The successful candidate will be working alongside the National Business Continuity Team, developing, enhancing and maturing the business’s continuity and wider resilience arrangements.
Key tasks will include:
- Provide support in managing and developing the organisations business continuity platform, tailoring this for the business
- Supporting the development and production of continuity plans, site specific arrangements for our critical sites
- Supporting the team in delivering a tailored awareness campaign across the devolved businesses and the national support functions
- Working alongside resilience leads throughout the business to develop and deliver continuity exercises
- Supporting the review and regular maintenance of, the Business Continuity Management Toolkit, making sure this is aligned to industry best practice and tailored to the needs of a multifaced business
- Supporting the roll out of specific resilience related projects, including enhancements to the Business continuity platform
- Working alongside the Team to develop and mature resilience arrangements across the business, supporting the community of Leads in growing their own resilience programmes
Who are we looking for?
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with others
- Someone who likes a challenge and can be innovative in their thinking and application
- Someone who can prioritise their workload and achieve multiple activities simultaneously
- Be able to work under pressure and on own initiative to meet a variety of stakeholder needs
- Someone who is passionate and keen to learn
- Completing a Resilience and Emergencies Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Level 6)
How To Apply (External)
Closing date: 21 st November 2025 However, early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the advert early based on application volumes.
Next Steps: Interviews will be held throughout the advertising period and within 2 weeks of the role closing.
Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision
Application:
To apply, please submit your CV along with a covering note outlining why you would like to take on this apprenticeship at Network Rail.
The successful applicant will need to register for the degree apprenticeship by 21/11/2025 and will need to have completed their A-Levels. This apprentice will start in January 2026
Eligible applicants:
Minimum entry requirements are set by the Office for Students, you should check the standard on the IfATE website; however, the following is a summary:
- You will need 104 UCAS points to apply (use the UCAS Calculator if you are unsure) but recognising the diverse student body and previous education and experience, applications not meeting these requirements are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
- English and Maths: you will need to achieve Level 2 in both before sitting your End Point Assessments. You can gain both in-house at Coventry University if you do not have either, delivered as part of your apprenticeship.
- If English if not your first language, you must meet a minimum of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
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Some of our great benefits:
Flexible/hybrid working arrangements considered.
Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
Defined benefit pension scheme
75% subsidy on train tickets.
Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
Plus more….
