Project Assistant Review

On a day to day basis, my role involves communicating between clients and different companies to coordinate projects, currently working on a project for University of Southampton where there are new 3G pitches being build and I am coordinating land surveys to be taken out. Another project is toilet blocks in Reading which are out at tender and I respond to queries daily

I have learnt many new skills, such as communicating with new people, learning what different roles are within project management and how they feed into each other. Other skills I have developed would be my email writing skills, my use of excel and I have also learnt how to create a programme on Microsoft Project.

I really enjoy my programme, I feel I have settled into my office really well and I have made new friends within my apprenticeship cohort. Learning new skills and having to be organised has really helped me enjoy my new career and I hope to continue to enjoy what I have chosen to do.

My programme is really well structured, we have regular training days where the whole cohort gets together and has a full day of training, we also have regular virtual training where we develop soft skills as well as technical skills to help us to progress as we go through our apprenticeship scheme

I recieve lots of support from my employer. I have a line manager who I contact daily and I communicate with the emerging talent team when I need to who will set up teams calls if required and talk through with me what I need. Someone on our board of directors set up a meeting for the grads and apprentices to talk through questions we have.

When working towards my qualification - Construction management degree - I get one day a week for my uni work, as the apprenticeship standard. My line manager offers her support and offers to read through my assignments and helps me with anything i struggle on to help me achieve my best of my ability

My qualification helps me to perform better in my role because it teaches me the theory behind the actions of people, one of my modules is people and organisational management and being able to understand the behind the scenes of my company and being able to put it into perspective makes me understand how it all works, as well as being well aware of what my role is.

There are opportunities for me as an employee to go out with my colleagues, we have been on a Christmas dinner and we have gone to go ape for a day trip. People within my cohort set up social events for us to attend after our cohort training days and this makes me feel very induced

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I would recommend Mace to a friend because it is very inclusive. During my journey to starting work I was invited to starter events to make me feel comfortable and welcome me in. Mace is a large company and I would recommend that because although you may feel imposter syndrome, you realise that everyone has been in the same situation

Some advice that I would give to other applying to Mace is to be yourself, and make sure you know your worth. Be confident in what you can achieve and work hard to be successful. Working and completeing a degree at the same time is difficult and stressful but if you work hard at it you will succedd