Local Government Business Support Apprentice - Cromer, United Kingdom - North Norfolk District Council

North Norfolk District Council

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Cromer, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About The Role:

***- North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit - covering over 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment, with a population of over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities, our District is one of England's top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live.
Are you just leaving education, thinking of changing your career, or returning to work?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our friendly and welcoming teams, where you will be working collaboratively across our People Services, delivering high quality, effective, professional business support helping vulnerable residents in our communities, to improve their quality of life through housing, welfare, home adaptations, early help and support, and community integration.

About You:

***You'll undertake a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Business and Administration, where you'll be provided with relevant one to one support and training to ensure you have a positive experience and achieve your full potential. This is an 18 month contract.

We need people with enthusiasm, fresh ideas, and a willingness to learn

In return you will:

Have access to flexible working and 24 days paid annual leave.
Gain experience and skills that employers want.
Obtain a nationally recognised qualification.
Enjoy a salary of at least the apprentice minimum wage.
Have the opportunity to join a generous pension scheme.

Course fees paid.

Interviews will be held week commencing 14th August *the rate of pay for apprentices aged 23 and over £20,104, for those aged it is £19,641, for those aged it is £14,451, and for those under 18 it is £10,187 per annum).For an informal chat please contact Lisa Grice, Housing Options Manager on or Trudi Grant, Benefits Manager on

About Us:

***We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value difference in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

Our coast and environment are really important to us. We have a net zero strategy, and a team of people working to deliver these important initiatives.

As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer a number of benefits that are open to all employees.

We have a really supportive culture of enabling our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their day to day job roles.

Our office in Cromer is clean, modern and light with onsite lunchtime catering, and free onsite parking.

We have an active health and well-being group with a new strategy, mental health first aiders, employee assistant program, employee discounts portal, and salary sacrifice schemes (bikes, home electricals and EV car leasing).

We have a great forum for communication with regular updates from Directors and Chief Executive, employee voice through our Staff Focus Group, and great working relationship with Unison, our onsite recognised union.

Most people that work for North Norfolk District Council can enjoy a great work life balance, as part of our hybrid approach to work.

If your role supports hybrid working, and we've shown you all that we need to for your job role, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection.

In terms of the numbers, if you are new to the public sector, you'll enjoy 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and when you've been with us for five years, this increases to 30 days (assuming the role is full time).

We provide access to a great pension scheme, based on your local authority career average earnings.