The Stronger Starts Retail Apprenticeship is delivered in store and takes a minimum of 12 months to complete. Once you’ve completed your apprenticeship you could even develop further and become a shift leader.

We're offering a permanent 36 hour per week contract. We ask that candidates are flexible as we operate 7-days a week, some weekend work and a mix of early and late shifts will be required.

We can support you in different ways, For instance we can support you with different accessibility tools on the day such as a Screen Reader, Reading Aids and opportunity for larger font.

To become an apprentice, you’ll need to meet the following eligibility criteria:

- You’re a citizen of the United Kingdom or a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) and have been ordinarily resident for at least 3 consecutive years prior to starting your apprenticeship

- You’re not an overseas national subject to employment restrictions or working on a student visa. Further checks on eligibility may be required depending on your individual circumstances

- You’re not planning to return to funded education/training for more than 16 hours per week in the 16 months after you've left school 

- You’ve not already completed an NVQ / diploma qualification or above in retail

Yes, as long as you’ve not already completed an NVQ/diploma qualification or above in retail.

We’re particularly wanting to hear from school leavers who are aged 16-18 years and applicants who were eligible for free school meals and/or attend a state-funded school but as an inclusive employee we welcome applications from all ages.

The Stronger Starts Retail Apprenticeship is delivered in store and takes a minimum of 12 months to complete, there is no cost, the programme is fully funded.

Here are our Tesco Leadership behaviours.  The video interview focuses on these behaviours so have a think about them before hand and try to think of some examples.

Collaboration

- Working as a team to share in joint success

- Partnering/connection with others

Resilience

- Looking after yourself so you can be at your best

- Knowing how to respond when things get tough

- Making the choices to see the positives around you

Innovation

- Being open to new ideas

- Looking ahead and welcoming the future

- Taking little steps that make a big difference

Empathy

- Putting people first

- Taking time to see, hear and recognise others

- Building authentic, trusted and helpful relationships

Responsiveness

- Thinking on your feet, making decisions even if the answer isn’t clear cut

- Being brave, taking a measured risk and learning from its outcome

- Embracing the challenges of an unpredictable world

- Commercial Awareness

We operate an online digital application process consisting of applying for the programme, followed by a video interview, neither of which are time-consuming. If you're successful, a Virtual Discovery Centre will follow which is the final stage of the application process.

Absolutely. As a Disability Confident Leader we want to support all applicants entering our recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments they may need. You can reach us at apprenticeshipandgraduaterecruitment@tesco.com or call 01635 888361 to chat through the details further.

You're given practice questions before the real assessment starts. Take advantage of these to make sure you understand what you have to do in the assessment. Often, you can re-read the instructions and redo the practice questions multiple times.

Please email apprenticeshipandgraduaterecruitment@tesco.com and we’ll look into any issues for you.

These are held virtually.

We believe that you perform your best when you're yourself. So whether this is smart/casual or your best business attire, you should feel comfortable and confident - we're interested in you, not your outfit, so please don't worry! Our interviewers will be dressed smart/casual.

Our Virtual Discovery Centres are designed with you in mind, if you're successful and have been invited to a Virtual Discovery Centre, you'll receive a coaching call beforehand which will provide you with a good understanding of what to expect on the day. 

We’d suggest that you think about your motivations and passion for joining on the apprenticeship and why at Tesco. Ahead of the day we’ll send you some questions to help you best prepare for the day.

You'll need access to a working laptop, tablet device or mobile phone which has a working camera and microphone and can support Microsoft Teams. You'll also need a Wi-Fi connection to attend the Virtual Discovery Centre day. 

Please don’t worry. If you’re invited through to the Virtual Discovery Centre, we ask that you explore using equipment via your school, college, local library or carers/parents and family friends. If you're unable to organise any equipment, please contact us at apprenticeshipandgraduaterecruitment@tesco.com so that we can chat through how we can support you.

These will be held on Tuesdays in July and August.

After the Virtual Discovery Centre, a member of the team will call you to give you your feedback and outcome from the day. All feedback is provided to help you to reflect on any key messages and how you might use them in the future. If you’re successful in securing a place on our Stronger Starts Retail Apprenticeship, you’ll be contacted about providing us with some personal details so we can raise your contract. If you’re unsuccessful, you’ll be signposted to support from The Princes Trust.