An Exciting Opportunity with Leonardo Hotels

Overview

An exciting opportunity to complete a fully funded Degree Apprenticeship across 3 years with Leonardo Hotels, in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire. Complete a degree apprenticeship in Hospitality Management whilst gaining practical operational experience in luxury hotels.

Wage

£27,518.40 a year

Training Course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

Hours

32-hours hotel operational work plus 8-hours per week on a study day. Monday - Sunday. Weekend and evening shifts. 36-months practical experience with academic support throughout the apprenticeship.

Start Date

Monday 2 November 2026

Duration

3 years

Positions Available

2

What You'll Do at Work

This is an exciting opportunity to gain practical experience in one of the most highly recognised hospitality organisations in Europe whilst providing you with the opportunity to study a fully funded Degree Apprenticeship in Hospitality.

We are searching for hard-working candidates who can demonstrate dedication and enthusiasm in helping manage our hotels and look after our guests with warmth and compassion. This is your chance to develop your knowledge and practical skills, guided by a team of outstanding professionals who are committed to building confident team leaders.

In your first 2 years, you will spend time in:

• Housekeeping
• Reception
• Food & Beverage on rotation, gaining a rounded knowledge of the hotel.

Following this you will pick a specialism in one of these areas, which you will continue in your role to develop your supervisory/managerial skills for the final year of your programme.

Whilst working across a number of different departments, we will expect you to:

• Support your manager with daily operations and service delivery
• Meet and exceed guests’ expectations by offering exceptional hospitality
• Be creative and bring ideas to the table
• Be a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
• Possess excellent attention to detail
• Have the ability to work collaboratively with others with a proactive and positive outlook
• Lead by example! Don’t forget to let your personality shine through
• Support with the delivery of events to help create those “wow” moments
• Balance your university study and your operational workload

This is a Degree Apprenticeship in a hospitality business, so will involve shift work including weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

Where You'll Work

Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge 45 Prescot Street E 1 8 GP London

Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul S 10 Godliman Street London EC4V 5AJ

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training Provider

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Training Course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What You'll Learn

Course Contents

• Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
• The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
• Stakeholder and Communications Management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
• Control of Projects in Terms of Time, Cost and Quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
• Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
• Commercial and Contract Management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
• Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
• Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.