HeadSTARt Apprentice

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Job Title: HeadSTARt Apprentice
Closing Date: 24 December 2025

About us
We'll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you'll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you'll be able to join our pension scheme and you'll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you.
We're here to support you - we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and the Inclusion Advocates as well as flexible opportunities to support work life balance. We'll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.
Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, you'll find a passionate team working to put our customers first. We know that to keep this team motivated, we need to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity to learn and develop. We celebrate a culture of appreciation and respect, where everyone is valued for who they are. We believe our backgrounds, experiences and cultures contribute to our shared experience and shape who we are and what we do. The diversity of our colleagues reflects the diversity of our customers. This diversity is the driving force behind our ideas.
At MBFS, we are committed to being a Menopause Friendly Employer. We offer wellbeing support options and resources to assist if you are directly affected by the Menopause, or are supporting someone who is going through the Menopause.

Not just any programme
Our HeadSTARt degree programme is designed to help you learn about our business and make a real difference to the way we operate.
Through a series of placements throughout the four-year programme, you'll work across a number of different teams within Mercedes-Benz Financial Services giving you an invaluable insight into how we work. In each placement you will get involved in day-to day activities with real objectives and a chance to innovate. This will enable you to transfer your academic learning directly into the workplace. The best bit is we cover your university fees whilst paying you a competitive salary as you complete the programme.
As part of the four-year programme, you will study for a BA (Hons) Business Management degree which is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, in partnership with MK:U. You will complete your degree through a mixture of virtual and on-campus study at MK:U's state of the art facilities. The university is located in the centre of Milton Keynes.
If successful, you will start this apprenticeship on Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Do you have what we are looking for?
You will have (or be predicted to achieve) at least CCC or 96 UCAS points in any discipline excluding General Studies. You will also have GCSE grade 4 in Maths and English Language (or equivalent). You should have great organisation skills, be IT literate and have a good attention to detail. But more than this, we want you to be passionate about joining our brand, proactive, confident and curious. You will need to have some work and/or volunteer experience under your belt. If you think this is for you, apply now for one of our placements.
To be successful at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK you need to be able to build great relationships and demonstrate your ability to work in a professional manner. If you can showcase all of these attributes and you're seeking a role where you can gain real business experience, then this could be the programme for you.

Benefits
As you'd expect, as a world-class brand we offer benefits which include:
* Four Year Fixed Term Contract.
* A competitive apprentice salary* with a discretionary performance bonus.
* 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
* Additional benefits, including pension scheme and private medical insurance.
* Chartered Manager Member status.
* NUS Extra Student discount.
* Support from a mentor from within the business.
* Regular reviews to support your progress.
* No university fees, these are paid for by us - earn as you learn.
*Each year you will have an opportunity to have your salary increased based on your academic and professional performance

What's next?
When you apply, you'll be asked to complete a short online application where we'll ask that you include current CV. You'll also be asked some application questions, including your current salary information. The Mercedes-Benz recruitment process reflects our obligations under relevant UK legislation. Whilst all applications are carefully considered, we are only able to progress applications from candidates who have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
After completing your online application, successful applicants will be invited to a video interview.
Please be assured that we're here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We're also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Managing your data
We care about your personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation provides you with more control and by submitting an application to us; we consider this an agreement to process your personal data in support of our recruitment and selection process.
Data categories that we process in relation to your application are the ones that you provided as part of the application process. We process your personal data in relation to the application, in accordance with the legal requirements. Recipients of your personal data within our company are the managers of the specialist unit in charge of filling the position and the responsible colleagues from HR.
Your application data is held within our secure application tracking system called Taleo - you will be given access to a candidate zone in the system where you can monitor and manage your application and see status updates. We will communicate with you, by email or phone throughout the recruitment process so that we can keep you updated and inform you of your progress through the recruitment process. You can also seek 'job alerts' once you are registered in Taleo and it's possible your details may be returned in searches we conduct for new positions and we may contact you by email to let you know about them. We limit the storage of your data to the necessary period. Contact us as careers@mercedes-benz.com for further information.
If you have any questions about any matter relating to data protection or the personal data that we process about you for the purpose of personnel recruiting, please contact the Chief Officer of Corporate Data Protection for the Mercedes-Benz Group AG at the following address: Mercedes-Benz Group AG, HPC E600, 70546 Stuttgart, data.protection@mercedes-benz.com