FREE 13-Week Coding Course then a 2-Year Role with Futureproof! in Westminster
Futureproof’s award-winning 13-week academy gives you the tech skills and experience to thrive. The academy is followed by a 2-year tech role in one of their many exciting partner businesses, giving you the opportunity to rapidly accelerate your tech career experience.
What are you going to do:
Company: Futureproof
Locations: Hybrid: Central London & Virtual
Training course: 13-week FREE coding academy
Salary: Starting salary of £30,000 (opportunity to increase to £35,000 in the second year based on performance) + £5,000 bonus for associates completing their two-year placement
Total package: Futureproof associates receive a package worth £93,000 over two years, including ongoing learning curriculum, a £500 certification budget, monthly career coaching, and mental health support throughout
Start Date: March/April 2022 (future cohort dates available too)
Deadline: Ongoing (please enquiry about future 2022 cohort dates)
Degrees accepted: All degrees (Preference for Tech/STEM subjects)
What is the opportunity?
- Futureproof's goal is simple: to develop the most diverse community of high-potential engineering talent in the world.
- This is a 13-week training academy followed-up with a 2-year commercial placement. You’ll learn how to work in an agile environment, you’ll be taught the how, what and why of code. You’ll learn business skills so you can connect your code to the commercial realities of work. Full stack web development – you’ll be taught HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Python as well as ‘how’ to learn languages to make you adaptable and able to code in any stack.
- You will be able to pick between learning in a virtual (100% at home) or hybrid (part in their classroom in Victoria, part at home) environment depending on your location.
- After 13 weeks of learning there is potential to land a 2-year placement in technology which Futureproof will help you find. Their employment partners include companies like Ford, Babylon Health, Ovo Energy, Capital One and Coca Cola.
- Futureproof’s intensive 13-week academy is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience you need to supercharge your career in tech. Over a two-year period, Futureproof associates receive a package worth £93,000, including ongoing learning curriculum, a £500 certification budget, monthly career coaching, and mental health support throughout.
Who are Futureproof?
- Futureproof is one of the UK’s leading tech training academies. Its award-winning, free coding academy is designed to empower the next generation of diverse technology professionals.
- They provide high-quality training from experts across a wide range of tech topics – from front- and back-end engineering to data science and cybersecurity – and partnering with companies where associates will thrive.
- Making tech careers inclusive is at the core of what they do. Unlike traditional tech boot camps, Futureproof’s academy is free for students, meaning applicants are not constrained by personal finances. The diversity of their student base far exceeds the national average: 85% are from lower- or middle-income families, 57% are from minority ethnic backgrounds, and 38% are female. They also have ambitious aims to become the world’s first tech academy to reach 50:50 gender parity in our students.
Who is best suited to this role?
- Futureproof are looking for curious individuals from all backgrounds to join them in March/April 2022. You might be a recent graduate or school-leaver, or someone with substantial work experience but looking for a career change into the vibrant work of tech.
- You can be from any background to apply; however, they are looking for those with technical aptitude. Futureproof are looking for candidates who can commit to the 13-weeks of the coding academy, and the 2-year placement.
- They are looking for those that have spent a considerable amount of free time to understand coding basics, and used resources like Udemy, freeCodeCamp & Codecademy.
- Successful applicants typically demonstrate the traits below. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest in this training scheme, and we’ll support you throughout the full application process.
Supercharge your tech career! Apply now for March and April intakes at the UK’s leading, FREE tech skills academy!
*If you need any financial support to be able to enroll in this programme, please feel free to reach out to us, so we can discuss how you could possibly access the programme.
What we offer
- Bonus
- Good Salary
- Fun Working Environment
- It’s free! Unlike some other routes, you pay no fees for your training and could land a 2-year commercial placement upon completion of the academy
- Breadth of techniques: futureproof’s academy is tech agnostic, meaning you learn a wide-ranging set of cutting-edge technologies, from front- and back-end development, to data science and cyber security
- Personalised support throughout our 2-year placement – you’ll be supported by incredible teachers, industry experts, career coaches and an outstanding community of learners and alumni.
- Develop soft skills for the future: you’ll learn key skills including problem-solving, presentation techniques and resilience.
- Supercharge your CV: you’ll develop your skills as a software engineer with the potential of stepping straight into a role to launch your career in Technology. This programme will open doors to many opportunities in tech!
- Flexibility: you will be able to attend either virtually or opt for a mixture of virtual and in-person courses:
What we ask
- No minimum education required
- Problem solving
- Coding
- 0 to 6 months
- No experience required
- Resilience – not giving up at the first hurdle and being curious and resilient enough to push yourself in challenging scenarios.
- Commitment – as an intense coding bootcamp, you will need to be able to commit full time to the academy in order to excel and secure a job as a junior developer upon completion.
- Problem solving/critical thinking – ability to think about a problem you have clearly and plan solutions to that problem.
- Communication – you must have the ability to clearly summarise a problem you are experiencing so that you ask for the most appropriate guidance from teachers & peers.
- Time management skills and an ability to deal with pressure.
- Teamwork – an understanding of how effective teamwork can produce results and enhance your own skill set.
- Give/receive feedback– you must have an awareness of how valuable feedback is to both yourself and others when used in the right way.
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Extra information
- Status
- Closed
- Education Level
- College, Secondary School, University
- Location
- Westminster
- Working hours per week
- 40
- Type of Contract
- Graduate Jobs, Full Time Jobs, Placements
- Salary indication
- Between £30,000.00 and £35,000.00 Per Hour
- Responsible for
- Tech Role
- Profession type
- ICT
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- Yes
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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