Central Business Support Apprentice

Job introduction

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About the role

We are recruiting an apprentice to join our Central Business Support team to provide administrative support to services across the organisation. The team will supplement our existing Business Support arrangements and will work across the entire authority from Adult Social Care to Planning, Education, Transport, Corporate Services, Housing and Communities, and Finance and Benefits.

This is a full time fixed-term contract for the duration of your apprenticeship but we are passionate about retaining and developing our staff, and our Business Support posts are a fantastic way to kick off a career in local government.

Alongside your day job, you will have the opportunity to work towards a Level 3 apprenticeship in Business Administration. To support you, you will have time off the job for your studies and your salary will be 70% of the full Business Support Officer salary.

The role is part-flexible which means that you will likely spend the majority of your week working from one of our office locations, with a couple of days spent working from home. The main base will be at One Angel Square in Northampton, but you may on occasion be asked to work alongside teams in our Towcester and Daventry office locations.

We are aiming to interview shortlisted candidates during w/c 18 August, with a view to a start date in mid September.

For further information or an informal conversation about the roles, please contact Leanne.Howells@westnorthants.gov.uk.

Additional information

We need bright and dedicated individuals, passionate about working towards making a positive difference for their local community. You will be highly organised, capable of managing and prioritising conflicting tasks, and will have a sharp attention to detail.

You will show resilience, teamwork, and the ability to build strong and positive relationships with colleagues at all levels in the authority. You will bring new and innovative ways of working to the table, embrace change and continually evolve, as our new authority evolves.

You may not have experience in an administrative role, or have experience in the public sector, but you will be able to demonstrate your ambition to learn and will be driven by your attitude to deliver an exceptional service. We welcome applicants looking for a new challenge or looking to kickstart their career in local government.

You will need:

• A positive, responsive, and adaptable attitude
• Confidence to work independently
• An innovative and creative approach to work
• A team-driven approach to delivery
• A customer-focussed approach
• A willingness to learn new skills and work with different service areas
• Flexibility around where you work as depending on the project assigned, you may be working across our different offices or from home

Your skills will include:

• Excellent organisation and time management
• The ability to manage multiple tasks at a time and prioritise your workload
• Top-quality customer service
• Great IT skills and confidence with picking up new systems and software
• Acting sensitively and with integrity around confidential information

Company information

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what its like to work at West Northants Council.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

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