Looking for apprenticeships to boost your skills and confidence? Explore this opportunity from Essex County Council and apply today!
The Opportunity
Essex County Council is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Apprentice within our Business Support function.
The role will be extremely rewarding if you have an interest in office administration, enjoy helping people and being part of a busy team in a challenging role and as an entry point, for someone considering a career in Administration, Local Government or Social Care. ECC highly values its apprentices and successful candidates will be encouraged to develop and in time progress within the organisation, with over 85% securing permanent roles during their apprenticeship.
This position provides the work-based experience to compliment the learning-based elements of the Apprenticeship Framework and will offer you a supportive environment in which to gain a wealth of experience and transferable skills such as IT systems, organisational skills, effective teamwork, and communication.
If you are looking to become a crucial part of a friendly, welcoming, and high achieving team, this could be the opportunity you are looking for.
The starting salary will be the National Apprenticeship Wage, £4.81 per hour. After 12 months service the salary will increase to National Living Wage (currently £9.50 per hour).
Accountabilities
You will assist with the delivery of routine administrative tasks, dealing with day-to-day work including (but not limited to):
- Inputting data from source documents into the relevant recording system, checking the accuracy, verifying, and correcting data
- Responding to emails
- Telephone calls
- Maintain your own diary and work pattern management
- Photocopying/ scanning
- Sending letters and dealing with incoming post
- Attend meetings with team colleagues and Managers, either in person or by video
- Working from home or in an office space
- Work alongside other administrative assistants and apprentices who will train you and support you through the day-to-day work
- Follow ECC policies and procedures for task completion and our expected standards of behaviours
