Project Support Apprentice
Apprenticeship

Unity House
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Salford, M27 5FJ

Project Support Apprentice - Skills and Work Team
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Grade: Apprentice, £15,410, rising to £16,893 after 12 months
Contract type: Fixed term to April 2021 
Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019, 23:59

An opportunity has arisen within the Skills and Work Team for a Project Support Apprentice. 

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the work of the Skills and Work Commissioning Team in order to contribute to the delivery of the Salford Employment and Skills Strategy for both young people and adults, whilst working towards a Level 3 Business Administration qualification. 

Specific activity will include the collection of schools data to facilitate statutory returns, the analysis of monitoring and performance data to support the delivery of learning, skills and work projects and programmes, providing operational support to the Salford Skills and Work Board and Youth Employment Partnership and supporting team communications, both internally and externally.

Applicants will need to demonstrate strong personal skills, experience of organising and supporting events, ability to collect and handle data sensitively, produce high quality reports and presentations and experience of using Microsoft Office packages and content management systems.  

About your development
At Salford we’re serious about helping people grow. From day one you’ll have access to professional development to help you to get on and succeed in your new role. You will work towards the Level 3 Apprenticeship in Business Administration and Level 2 maths and English with supplementary bespoke training provided in relation to other aspects of the service. Find out more about it.

About the Apprenticeship Course
The Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship is designed to develop your knowledge in office administration, customer handling and technical and practical skills. The apprenticeship builds in skills such as communication, team working, interpersonal skills and the ability to reflect on personal learning.

The apprenticeship will be delivered entirely in the workplace. You will be assigned a workplace learning coach who will support you to develop a work-based portfolio via e-learning, mentoring and learning support.

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .


Location
Unity House
Vacancy Description
 
Unity House
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Salford, M27 5FJ

Project Support Apprentice - Skills and Work Team
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Grade: Apprentice, £15,410, rising to £16,893 after 12 months
Contract type: Fixed term to April 2021 
Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019, 23:59

An opportunity has arisen within the Skills and Work Team for a Project Support Apprentice. 

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the work of the Skills and Work Commissioning Team in order to contribute to the delivery of the Salford Employment and Skills Strategy for both young people and adults, whilst working towards a Level 3 Business Administration qualification. 

Specific activity will include the collection of schools data to facilitate statutory returns, the analysis of monitoring and performance data to support the delivery of learning, skills and work projects and programmes, providing operational support to the Salford Skills and Work Board and Youth Employment Partnership and supporting team communications, both internally and externally.

Applicants will need to demonstrate strong personal skills, experience of organising and supporting events, ability to collect and handle data sensitively, produce high quality reports and presentations and experience of using Microsoft Office packages and content management systems.  

About your development
At Salford we’re serious about helping people grow. From day one you’ll have access to professional development to help you to get on and succeed in your new role. You will work towards the Level 3 Apprenticeship in Business Administration and Level 2 maths and English with supplementary bespoke training provided in relation to other aspects of the service. Find out more about it.

About the Apprenticeship Course
The Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship is designed to develop your knowledge in office administration, customer handling and technical and practical skills. The apprenticeship builds in skills such as communication, team working, interpersonal skills and the ability to reflect on personal learning.

The apprenticeship will be delivered entirely in the workplace. You will be assigned a workplace learning coach who will support you to develop a work-based portfolio via e-learning, mentoring and learning support.

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .