Tier 1 Power Platform Specialist Apprentice
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Company: VANTAGE 365 LIMITED
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Location: Brierley Hill, DY5 1LN
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £16,000.00 per year
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Sector: Digital
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Ref: NAS-2000046689
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Application Deadline Date: 23/08/2026
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Start Date: 30/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
Brief Description
The apprentice will join Vantage 365 Consultancy as a full member of the delivery team, supporting our specialists on live customer projects while working towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification and Microsoft certifications. No prior technical experience is required or expected.
Training to be Provided
AI & Automation Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:
The successful candidate will undertake a 20 Month, nationally recognised qualification through TDM. This is a work-based learning programme which will require commitment to block weeks in an online training room once every quarter.
You will be required to demonstrate through the standard that you meet all competencies and behaviours, which will lead to the achievement of the qualification.
You will have a designated mentor in the workplace to support your learning and at the end of programme will be assessed via an external assessment body.
This is a Level 4 qualification.
Develop the skills to identify business inefficiencies and implement AI-powered automation solutions that improve productivity, reduce manual tasks, and streamline operations. Apprentices will learn how to analyse workflows, integrate digital tools, and design low-code/no-code automation solutions using technologies such as Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate and Power Apps.
Key Modules:
1. Strategic and Ethical Adoption of AI Automation
2. Solution Design, Development and Iteration
3. Governance, Assurance and Continuous Improvement
4. Stakeholder Engagement, Workforce Enablement and E-Portfolio
Future Prospects
The Vantage 365 Power Platform career path runs from Tier 1 Specialist through Tier 2 Specialist to Senior Specialist and Principal Specialist. A successful apprentice enters that path at Tier 1 on completion.
Vacancy Detail
The apprentice will learn, and then to apply, the skills needed to build Microsoft Power Platform solutions for our customers.
Responsibilities will build over the course of the apprenticeship. In the early months these tasks will be closely supervised, moving towards independent delivery with review.
- Build and amend business applications using Microsoft Power Apps, working with canvas apps first and model-driven apps later in the programme.
- Create and maintain automated business processes using Microsoft Power Automate.
- Work with structured business data in Microsoft Dataverse and SharePoint Online.
- Build reports and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.
- Test solutions built by colleagues and identify defects before they reach a customer.
- Write and maintain clear technical documentation for customers and colleagues.
- Attend customer calls, requirements workshops and project delivery sessions, observing at first and contributing as confidence grows.
- Complete all assigned tasks within agreed timescales and raise any obstacle early.
- Complete off-the-job learning, coursework and assessments set by the training provider within the required timescales.
- Work towards Microsoft certifications, beginning with PL-900 Power Platform Fundamentals.
- Follow Vantage 365 processes and procedures, including timesheet and task updates.
Other Information
Experienced staff at Vantage 365 work a hybrid pattern. For this role, we require attendance in the Brierley Hill office [four to five] days a week for at least the first six months, moving to a hybrid pattern thereafter.
This is deliberate. Most of what an apprentice learns in the first year comes from working alongside colleagues rather than from formal instruction, and that is difficult to replicate remotely.
The office is in Brierley Hill, near Merry Hill. It is served by bus but is not on a rail line. Candidates should consider the practicality of the daily commute before applying.
We would rather be clear at the outset than have someone discover this in month three.
- You want to write traditional code full time. This is a low-code platform role.
- You would prefer not to speak to customers. A significant part of this job is conversation and written communication.
- You are looking for a course with a work placement attached. This is a job, with customers, deadlines and responsibilities from early on.
- You are uncomfortable making mistakes in front of other people. Everyone here does, nobody is made to feel small about it, but it will happen.
Vantage 365 is an equal opportunities employer. We recruit on attitude and ability, and we welcome applications from every background. Reasonable adjustments are available at every stage of the recruitment process and in the role itself. Please tell us what you need.