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Learn As You Earn – Life changing careers with Amazon Apprenticeships
A qualification and a career at the same time? That’s a bit like having your cake and eating it, right? But it really doesn’t have to be one or the other. Learning and earning within an apprenticeship means you get both – a qualification and a career.

Amazon offers a range of opportunities to suit candidates with different backgrounds, qualifications and career aspirations. That is why we believe it is the perfect place to learn new skills.
Our Teams are crucial in ensuring that we continue to deliver and innovate for customers. We have big plans and want to continue to develop and retain the best talent.
Amazon apprenticeship schemes are aimed at people who have a passion for learning and want to start a career now – or possibly retrain in a new direction.

To be successful you will need to be committed to your own development and be prepared to make the most of the opportunities, practical experience and qualifications given to you.

At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one.
A day to take a first step. A day to look forwards to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life. And your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and passion behind Amazon. We're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.
Our overall mission is simple: We want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds. This is your chance to make history.

About the role:
Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our culture. We believe that building a culture that is welcoming and inclusive is integral to people doing their best work and is essential to what we can achieve as a company. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to build a supportive and inclusive workplace. We take steps to ensure our colleagues have a sense of belonging, value, and opportunity.
Book Depository is looking for a Business Intelligence Analyst Apprentice who would support us with building reporting and creating self-serve analysis for business users. You will work on some of the following on a day to day basis.
• Build business dashboards and reports, using visualisation tools, in line with the long term strategy set by the BI team
• Support the BI lead to translate reporting needs into requirements and develop self-serve dashboards to support these requirements
• Develop the skills with on the job training through Amazon tools such as Quicksight and develop SQL skills
• Partner with key stakeholders on analysis of datasets, and deep dive on Book Depository projects.
• Supports data analysis / reporting as needed and provide ad-hoc support for process assessments and Quick Wins / projects if required.
As a Business Intelligence Analyst Apprentice, you’ll gain a vast range of useful experiences and skills. You will work towards the Business Intelligence Analyst L4 apprenticeship standard. This role will be based in Gloucester but will have close links with a team based in London. Frequent travel between the two sites will be required.
You will build your skills over a 24 month fixed term contract, working with Business Intelligence Analytics team and supporting the data driven decision making of our business from our London office. You would be working closely with multiple business functions that as operations which will help you develop personally and professionally across the 2 years. You will attend sessions to cover four main areas;
· Classroom based training to cover knowledge,
· On-the-job training,
· Online learning,
· Mentoring from our People Experience team members.

Alongside extensive development of your technical skills, you will also grow your abilities in crucial complementary areas like organization, prioritization, data analysis and problem solving techniques, teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.

What we are looking for

Due to the nature of this role, we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate a keen interest and passion for sales. More specifically, if you display the following attributes, we would encourage you to apply for this fantastic opportunity:

· You can follow a list of guidelines and instructions (verbal or written) to deliver results and meet deadlines
· You have a can-do attitude as well as being flexible, adaptable and proactive
· You are a hard-working, focused individual, who thrives being part of a team, who can also work independently, when needed. Furthermore, you must have a strong desire to learn, develop and grow as an individual in both a personal and professional sense.
· You seek and respond well to feedback
· You have excellent customer facing skills and think proactively about the customer experience in all interactions
· You have attention to detail and have good verbal and written communication skills.

Candidates should be 18 years or over and have the right to live and work in England. You have a good fundamental understanding of Excel and Microsoft Office, gained through self-study or formal experience or training up to level 3. You have the ability to think creatively and apply analytical and problem solving skills, driving issues to resolution.

Amazon and COVID19
Safety is our priority. We are interviewing virtually for this role (and wherever possible).
Read more about how we’re responding to the crisis here: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/amazons-actions-to-help-employees-communities-and-customers-affected-by-covid-19

Your recruitment process will start with your online application (providing your CV as well as answering questions about the above basic qualifications) and will then take you onto online testing by one of our recruiters.
As a last step, we will invite successful candidates to an assessment center where they will participate in a group exercise, execute a practical exercise and get a chance to present their profile, motivation and skills 1-on-1 during interviews or presentations.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse and inclusive environment and workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Academic qualifications

· 3 A levels or equivalent
· GCSE grade C/4 and above in Maths and English or equivalent

Note: This Apprenticeship assumes the candidate has some professional experience within data related roles and is NOT suitable for candidates who already have a degree in Data / Business Analysis or related subjects.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Qualifications / skills
These will be a plus for your career at Amazon, but are not necessary to enter the program.
· You are able to operate in a challenging and fast paced environment,
· You are able to demonstrate drive and a passion for learning,