Early Careers Manager

Your Role

As our Early Careers Manager, you’ll be at the heart of creating opportunities that help individuals build meaningful careers while strengthening our future workforce. From apprenticeships and graduate schemes to internships and work experience, you’ll drive programmes that develop skills, unlock potential, and ensure that our business continues to thrive.

This isn’t just about managing programmes; it’s about making a lasting impact. You’ll be responsible for shaping our early career pathways, ensuring they are engaging, structured, and aligned with our business goals. You’ll champion early career development, connecting individuals with opportunities that set them up for success at Biffa.

Core Responsibilities

• Shape the future of early careers by developing and enhancing Biffa’s early careers programmes, ensuring apprentices, graduates, interns, and work experience placements are impactful, well-structured, and aligned with workforce development needs.
• Create unforgettable journeys and build structured programmes that go beyond training—inspire, challenge, and empower future talent at Biffa.
• Attract top candidates by running standout recruitment campaigns and outreach initiatives to bring in ambitious individuals ready to make an impact.
• Provide holistic development, mentoring, and career progression for early careers talent, ensuring our leaders of the future thrive within Biffa.
• Build bridges and develop partnerships with universities, colleges, schools, and training providers to create strong pipelines of talent.
• Bring data to life by measuring impact, tracking progress, and refining strategies to ensure long-term retention and development.
• Champion inclusion—ensure all early careers programmes are accessible, equitable, and built to unlock opportunities for underrepresented talent.
• Drive social mobility forward by developing strong partnerships with the DWP and leading charities, opening opportunities that truly level the playing field.
• Collaborate across the business to bring impactful, government-backed initiatives to life, such as the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, removing barriers, unlocking opportunities, and driving meaningful change.

Requirements

• Experience designing and delivering standout apprenticeship, graduate, or early careers programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to forge strong partnerships both internally and externally (e.g., via schools and universities).
• Charismatic with the ability to challenge, influence, and inspire.
• Confident with all Microsoft applications including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.

About Biffa

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it, or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. We’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion at every turn.