<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><br><span id="docs-internal-guid-e291c0ac-7fff-5512-7678-a3dd0a911c9f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">New Opportunities for 2025&nbsp; to join our highly successful Kitchen Installations apprenticeship programme</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you interested in learning a new profession, gaining new skills and experience to launch your career with the UK’s leading home improvement retailer?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re looking to recruit new colleagues onto our established 18 month programme.&nbsp; The apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity within the trade sector, tapping into life and trade skills with mentoring support and, on completion, a nationally recognised qualification (Level 2 Fitted Interiors)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Wickes work with over 2000 kitchen installers across the UK, and the apprenticeship programme can open doors to many great careers in the industry. Opportunities for people in a sector that can be flexible around them and deliver the potential to go on to set up their own business.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During your apprenticeship, you will work alongside a Wickes Approved Installer and will be installing Wickes kitchens into our customers’ homes. This gives you a fantastic opportunity to experience the working environment and put all of your learning into practice.&nbsp;</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The formal training element of your apprenticeship will be delivered by our approved training provider WEBS Training Ltd and is focused on the technical aspects of fitting a kitchen, behaviour, customer services and setting up your own business. WEBS are a well established independent training provider serving the furniture manufacturing sector for more than 50 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Throughout your programme you will have a personal training officer, as well as support from your Line Manager, who can help you to plan your exciting future following your apprenticeship.&nbsp;</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">To be part of this phenomenal opportunity we ask you to bring a genuine interest in a trade focused career,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); vertical-align: baseline;">the energy to thrive in an environment where no day is the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside this you will need some other tools for the job</span></p><br><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellent practical skills and an awareness of health and safety</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A ‘can-do’ attitude with good problem solving skills and ability to complete work to deadlines</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Great communication skills and customer focus</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">As an apprentice you will be required to travel to customer's homes, so it will be necessary for you to hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle to travel to work.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.38464; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">What can we offer you?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">There are a lot of different career paths out there. So, why this one?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">With more than 230 stores nationwide, our kitchen and bathroom showroom has a wide collection of ranges and we offer a complete design and installation service. We have been offering a fully installed service to our kitchen and bathroom customers for over ten years.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">We are currently the only kitchen and bathroom retailer to offer this complete service, giving us –&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">and you – an advantage in the marketplace. But more importantly, the Wickes brand is a stamp of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">quality. Customers come to us because they trust us and the standard of our work.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">Wickes’ culture is our best kept secret; it’s collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive, where&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">people feel part of a winning team. All our colleagues come from different backgrounds, but what&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">we all have in common is a determination to succeed and a passion for being the best we can be.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-35ab1e15-7fff-9994-8f02-230583ac56d4" class=" axiom0-1 axiom-scraped-0"><br></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">Here, you can make the most of your talent. If that sounds like you, we’ll make you feel right at Home.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.9872; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline;">With a Wickes apprenticeship, you not only learn from the best, but can become one of the best.</span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Vacancy Reference #</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please contact us&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wickescareers.co.uk/reasonable-adjustments&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665218416227000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2727RLDdu25CVf4RaodB8R" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;if you require any adjustments within the application process.&nbsp; If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage you will have an opportunity to inform us when we invite you to interview. Please note,&nbsp;this link is only for reasonable adjustments required - general enquiries, or direct CV applications cannot be accepted via this form.</span></div>