Apprenticeships at Sodexo

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Apprenticeships are a key lever for social mobility.


This means that every one of our employees has the same opportunity to develop and progress their career in the way that’s best for them, ensuring they can all belong, act and thrive at Sodexo.

Apprenticeships are an excellent way for people of all ages to develop skills in areas that will help them develop in their chosen career. Through an apprenticeship you can earn while you learn and gain a nationally recognised professional qualification, while also getting invaluable on the job experience, which can put you ahead of other potential recruits.

We’re proud of the wide variety of apprenticeships we offer, with almost 80 available in areas such as IT and business administration, facilities management, hospitality and catering, healthcare and prison custody. Colleagues can participate in Level 2 programmes if they are at the start of their career, through to Level 7 if they are looking to complete their learning in a specialist area.

"Apprenticeships are a key element of our learning offer at Sodexo and embody our employee value proposition – we're committed to enabling all our people to develop, grow and thrive in their own way."

Pete SiddleTalent and Learning Director at Sodexo

Get invaluable on-the-job experience

  • A culinary apprenticeship programme 

    The Sodexo Live! Academy with Raymond Blanc is a structured culinary programme that gives apprentices the chance to achieve either a Commis Chef Level 2 or Level 3 Chef de Partie qualification.
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    Read more about Raymond Blanc Academy

  • Become an engineer with our technical apprenticeship programme

    Recruits can do one of several qualifications, such as a three-year electrical programme or a maintenance and operations engineering technician apprenticeship, while also working at one of Sodexo’s client sites.
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  • Our apprentices tell their story

    Apprenticeships provide a valuable opportunity to new recruits and current employees alike.
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    Watch our apprentices stories
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Apprenticeship levy gifting to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

We are passionate about helping other organisations with apprenticeship recruitment, and have gifted or pledged £2.8million of our own apprenticeship levy to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that would benefit from apprenticeship training.


Our approach is to ‘gift with purpose’ to employers that share the company’s ethos when it comes to health and safety, and ensuring their workforce is diverse and inclusive. Through levy transfer, we have so far supported 126 apprentices at SMEs, with more coming on board regularly.

Contact us to find out more about apprenticeship levy gifting

“We look forward to developing and training even more talented individuals across the capital with the extra support from Sodexo.”

Dr John MartinChief Paramedic and Quality Officer, London Ambulance Service

Gifting our levy allows us to share our passion for apprenticeships.

Hear from Sue Davison, Head of Apprenticeships and the team at the Positive Impact Foundation, an organisation which provides multi-sports in schools.

£2.8m

From our apprenticeship levy 

gifted to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that would benefit from apprenticeship training

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