Junior Project Manager Review

I have recently moved into a Junior Project management role. It basically involves me organising tasks and dealing with a number of projects.

Yes, throughout my time on the apprenticeship scheme I've learned about Tivoli Workload Scheduler, learned to use Microsoft Project, and have also enrolled in Toastmasters that would help with presenting, public speaking, as well as giving and receiving feedback.

The work in my new team has been very enjoyable, the atmosphere is professional but relaxed, and very positive. Team are friendly and echo this ethos as well.

I've been with Lloyds prior to my apprenticeship, and still feel valued by the company, with direct investment from the company in the form of training helping to inflate that feeling.

As an internal colleague the induction process was a little rushed. I was chasing up the day before the interview to find a location and a time. Since then things have been a lot better organised, the calls have happened every week to plan, the hierarchy within my team is very clear.

The tutor was fantastic, helping and replying to emails quickly and efficiently, the assessor however was a little unreliable and was, at times, unprofessional. He left the company at the beginning of the year and has been replaced by someone with a similar ethos to our tutor.

Our manager has been supportive in as much as we've asked for time to do our apprenticeship work, and it has been agreed, however amongst our Line Manager and the team it is often a different story, questioning the work we're doing (cryptography/unix is part of our role- why are you doing that)

The first year with the discount from tfl for travelling on the apprenticeship scheme was good, however the second year as an adult living with my partner I have found it difficult to balance the travel costs.

There are a good amount of charities and events to get involved with outside of work, whether it be an away day, or just a training session or networking opportunities.

Yes

As apprenticeships go, LBG is very varied for the opportunities, for example around 10 different roles being available for the IT apprenticeship alone, they are flexible, with a good pay rate compared to other apprenticeship schemes.

Regularly seek feedback, LBG is very much about the journey as opposed to the destination, check discover learning as there is an abundance of training materials both for your role, your career and just in general (such as a training course on how to build a linkdin profile- or write a better CV)