Business Support Apprentice

Business Support Apprentice

Fixed Term, Full Time

£12,348 per annum rising to £22,072 per annum on the second year

Location: Basildon

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 12th December 2024

Are you looking to take first steps in starting a career in Business
Administration?

Would you love to work alongside a supportive, friendly, welcoming and
high achieving team? This could be the opportunity you are looking for!

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated
individual to join our Business Support Team at Ely House in Basildon.
On site working will be required.

Essex County Council are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer
and we welcome applications from individuals with a Learning Difficulty
or Disability, Autism or an additional need.

Benefits:

• Healthy work life balance; flexible and hybrid working options
• Wide range of learning and development opportunities
• 
  IT equipment and home-working equipment supplied
• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + choice to buy extra
• Generous Local Government Salary related pension scheme
  
• Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards
  
• Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with LifeWorks
  
• Disability Confident Leader: we are committed to interview all
  disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if
  they meet the minimum requirements of the job
  
• Up to 4 days per annum volunteering leave
  
• National Apprenticeship Wage for the first 12 months of your
  Apprenticeship. After 12 months of service, your salary will increase to
  the National Living Wage (currently £22,072 per annum as of 01 April 2024)
  
• 
  A
  
  Customer Service
  
  Level 2 or a
  
  Business Administrator
  
  Level 3 qualification via Adult Community Learning (ACL)
  

Whilst undertaking an apprenticeship within Essex County Council, you can
expect to be supported from your first day. You’ll be invited to attend a
specific onboarding event, have access to exclusive training material via
My Learning platform, enrolled in the apprenticeship channel alongside
colleagues on similar paths, invited to frequent gatherings, and offered
peer-to-peer guidance. Additionally, you will have the chance to showcase
your apprenticeship experience to external audiences. Apprenticeships are a
valued career pathway to achieving your ambitions within Essex County
Council, whilst gaining a qualification.

Our Level 2 apprenticeship is an intermediate level apprenticeship – it is
the equivalent to 5 GCSE passes. Our Level 3 apprenticeship is an advanced
apprenticeship – it is the equivalent to two A Levels or T Level. These
apprenticeships are a fantastic stepping stone into your preferred career.
You’ll work under the guidance of experienced professionals to develop a
solid foundation in you chosen profession, while also contributing to the
overall goals and objectives of the Essex County Council.

There is every opportunity to progress to further roles and training within
Essex County Council. You will have the chance to put forward your ideas,
grow your skill set and collaborate with an innovative team in a
collaborative environment.

What our apprentices say:

“I really enjoyed my apprenticeship with ECC, I loved that the majority
of the apprenticeship is on the job learning and minimal classroom
work. The opportunities for career development have been much wider
than I originally thought, and the apprenticeship is such a great way
to start your career and get your foot in the door with your local
council/ government”

“I love the apprenticeship process as you’re getting paid as you learn.
I have been able to make good connections with other employees and
really good relationships throughout my journey so far. It’s a great
starting point to anyone who hasn’t got a clear idea of what work they
would like to pursue. Also, the apprenticeship allowed me to try
multiple different types of jobs when opportunities came up, so I was
able to see what I liked, and I was good at.”

The Role:

Essex County Council is looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals
to join our teams 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.

Business Support provide high quality administrative support to all Essex
County Council front-line services, so can offer experience in all aspects
of customer service and administrative tasks during the apprenticeship.

About You:

You will be:

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience
  
• 
  Highly organised and reliable
  
• Capable of prioritising a demanding workload and have a “can do”
  attitude
  
• Able to take ownership of work and achieve the agreed commitments
  
• Able to communicate effectively as well as have an ability to build
  and establish relationships and provide a high-quality service to customers.
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office/Office 365 applications and willing
  to learn new systems
  
• Have a friendly approach and a good phone manner
  
• 
  Emotionally intelligent
  
• Good teamwork skills and a commitment to collaboration
  
• Experienced in a working environment is helpful, but not essential
  

Essential Requirements for the role:

• Functional Skills Level 1 in Maths and English (or equivalent),
  which is a Grade D/E or 2/3 to begin the apprenticeship
  
• Ability to reach a Level 2 Functional Skills in both Maths &
  English by the End Point Assessment (EPA), if you do not already have this
  
• Have the right to work and study in England
  
• Have been ordinarily resident in the UK or EEA for three years
  before the apprenticeship start date
  

What will you be doing?

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
  
• 
  Front facing customer service
  
• 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
  

Why Essex?

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local
authorities in the UK and we look after a large and diverse geographical
region of the country.

Essex covers over 1,420 square miles and has over 1.8 million residents in
a range of coastal, rural and urban communities. ECC has a very successful
track record of delivering transformational change in the public sector and
has worked hard to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an
ambitious transformation agenda – one with the scope to reach every part of
the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the
ways in which we deliver our services to support our residents.

We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and
communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong.
We’re immensely proud of our flexible working options. Read more about us
here.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under
our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet
the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

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If you are interested in finding out more about this role or require
further information, we would love to hear from you. Please email:

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As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates
are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of
your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be
responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on
the DBS update service please go to

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers
to share this commitment.

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