ABOUT THE COMPANY
Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.
ABOUT OUR TRAINEESHIPS
Are you a 16–18-year-old who is passionate about trainers and gaining valuable work experience in a sports fashion retailer with a wealth of opportunities and progression?
By joining us on your government funded study programme, you will gain firsthand experience of a FTSE 100 business alongside valuable soft skills delivered to you by Juniper Training!
Your placement with us will be unpaid, and after successful completion of the programme, you will be guaranteed an interview to be considered for any vacant paid employment opportunities. You will be placed in a store that is agreed prior to your start date, and you are able to commute to.
This is the government funded Study Programme, this programme is designed by the government to support young people into employment and provide them with valuable skills. All study programmes must include work experience, and activities that complement the rest of the programme. Our provider, Juniper Training will give you the opportunity to complete your maths and English functional skills, if you haven’t already achieved these at GCSE.
ELIGIBILITY
This programme is government funded by the DfE (Department for Education), meaning there is eligibility criteria. This programme is designed to support 16–18-year-olds (or up to 24 year old with an EHCP) with valuable work experience, offering them the opportunity to gain skills, behaviours and experience to make the next step. Please see below the eligibility criteria:
- You must provide your date of birth.
- You must currently reside in England
- You must not currently be in education or employment
What We Do
The Group At A Glance:
Established in 1981 with a single store in Bury, in the North West of England, JD Sports Fashion plc (JD Group) are the leading global multi-channel retailer & distributor of branded and own branded sportswear & fashionwear.
JD Group has a global reach with brands and stores across 19 territories in Europe, North America & Asia Pacific. We are proud to provide our consumers with the latest products from recognised brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and The North Face, with strong Own Brand labels such as Pink Soda and Supply & Demand to provide an elevated consumer experience.
JD Group continue to lead the way with successful subsidiaries, including Size?, The Hip Store, Go Outdoors, Blacks, Millets, Tiso, Ultimate Outdoors, as well as International Retailers, Sprinter (Spain), Sport Zone as well as JD Finish Line.
Our C:ulture
We inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All employees are highly skilled, self motivated and in constant pursuit of perfection. Opportunities to progress arise quickly for those people with the right qualities and ambition.
We encourage our people to constantly seek ways to improve our business. This means challenging the way we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and forward thinking in suggesting alternative solutions. Problems are solved and opportunities are seized by people from all levels of the organisation working together.
JD Sports Fashion HQ is situated in Bury, Greater Manchester. JD Sports also have our global Distribution Centre in Rochdale, Greater Manchester & its highly decorative Creative Studio in Manchester City Centre
