Deciding your next step after school can be very daunting. You may be torn between going to University and getting started straight into the world of work.

Our School Leaver Programme is a Level 3 Retail Team Leader apprenticeship; a great opportunity to develop the skills to start your career with one of the most well-known luxury department stores in the world, gain a recognised qualification and earn a salary of up to £22,431.00 plus commission while you’re doing it.

Spread across 24 months, you’ll experience luxury retail as it happens on the shop-floor with six-month placements across Food, Fashion and Home. You will learn all about the art of selling, uncover behind the scenes of luxury retail and attend various training to help you excel in your role.

To help you gain your qualification you will attend taught sessions both virtually and at the Fashion Retail Academy. You’ll have your own tutor and will be coached and supported, as well as having a friend at work to lean on who has been in your shoes. And once you’ve completed the programme, you’ll be ready to develop your career with us, whether you want to become a super seller or work your way towards a people manager position.

Placement one: 1-6 months

Placement two: 6-12 months

Placement three: 12-18 months

About us

As the world’s luxury emporium, we deliver a magical, memorable experience for customers. This makes us uniquely challenging for creative minds. To protect and grow our brand demands extraordinary composure, creativity and commerciality. Harrods’ global brand offers uniquely exciting challenges, and we nurture a supportive environment where creativity, resilience and commercial awareness make anything possible.

About you

Our expectations, standards and pace will stretch and develop you. We’re a friendly team that works together and shares the pressures, but don’t under-estimate the challenges. Ours is a fast-paced environment and you’ll need:

· A genuine interest and passion for Harrods.

· Self-motivated to learn and develop your product and industry knowledge.

· An out of the box thinking mentality, to surprise and delight customers with exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills.

· A strong ability to work within a team.

· Great organisational skills to keep the shop floor running smoothly.

Our promise to you

Share our drive to create seemingly impossible luxury experiences for customers, then this will be a hugely important move for you. As well as the chance to learn from true retail experts, you’ll have the satisfaction of working with world-class brands and a team that’s setting the standards for the industry.

As you build a long-lasting career with us, you will enjoy a package that includes 22 days’ holiday (rising to 27 days) and your birthday off, up to 33% Harrods’ discount, plus access to a competitive pension.

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram.

*All successful applicants will be subject to eligibility checks with the Fashion Retail Academy to ensure eligibility for apprenticeship.