Junior Management Consultant

On a junior management consultant apprenticeship course, you’ll help provide business advice to public, private and not-for-profit organisations.

Management consultants provide business advice to the public, commercial, and non-profit organisations intending to solve a problem, such as how to grow their business, make it more efficient, or reorganise and structure itself.

As a consultant, you may specialise in writing proposals for new work or work on various projects as a generalist. This position requires time spent outside the office and flexible hours.

In terms of responsibilities, this apprenticeship offers a lot of variety. For example, as a consultant, you might research, analyse, interpret data, or plan project logistics.

As your career progresses, you may be asked to assist in drafting reports, which will need statistical expertise, or work on delivering messages to consumers, which will demand ICT and presentation skills.

What you’ll learn

On a junior management consultant apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Support or lead meetings and ensure listeners understand your point of view. 
• Communicate successfully, and use a variety of techniques and platforms.
• Work well in a group environment with individuals who have a variety of personalities. Be aware of one’s and other’s emotions and use this information to make decisions.
• Use various tools and procedures to examine an organisation (such as SWOT analysis). It is necessary to perform both qualitative and quantitative research.
• Develop rapport and trust, as well as the capacity to maintain and mend relationships that have already been made.
• Prioritise your duties and manage your time correctly. Take some time to reflect on your project’s successes and shortcomings. Maintaining good health and energy requires a healthy work-life balance.
• Plan, organise and manage resources to achieve stated goals. Assist in the development of project objectives, the formulation and implementation of project plans, and the monitoring of project progress. Identify potential hazards and issues ahead of time and help develop action plans to address them.
• Assist with creating reports, word documents, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and project management software. These are the most well-known, although there may be more depending on the consulting company.
• Contribute to developing reports that effectively explain change recommendations based on a range of qualitative and numerical data.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A levels, or equivalent, for a higher apprenticeship
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this before taking the end-point assessment.

Assessment methods

The end-point assessment uses two assessment methods: 

• A reflective portfolio
• A presentation and interview

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion

Apprenticeship standard

More information about the Level 4 Junior Management Consultant Apprenticeship standard can be found here.

Apprenticeship end point assessment

For more information about the End Point Assessment Process, please read the Institute of Apprenticeships’ information page.