Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA.
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £24,423 to £25,590
Working Hours: 37 hours - Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Fixed term for 15 months
Closing Date: 30th November 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
As an Apprentice with I&T, you will have a fantastic opportunity to study and learn in a fast paced environment as well as working towards an NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration. The training we provide will be tailored to your individual needs and will be supported by the Corporate Learning and Development team. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills through gaining practical experience of providing support to users of our highest profile Business applications within the Authority. Duties will include the processing of IT access requests, performing a triage role on incoming requests, and processing simple 1 st line calls to a resolution for IT business systems. This is a real opportunity to gain experience in how real world applications are used, supported, configured and maintained, and how they ultimately contribute to the successful provision of Social Care and Education support services to the people of Leicestershire.
About You
To apply for this post, you must have:
- Education to GCSE Standard at Grades A-C (4-9) for a minimum of 5 GCSE's
- Willingness to work towards an NVQ level 3 in Business Administration
- Practical experience of using computers and basic ICT skills
- Able to demonstrate a flexible, innovative and positive approach
- Can communicate effectively at all levels
- Strong customer focus
Good telephone manner
Full Job Description available here: Apprentice Career Grade
Apprenticeship Overview
Expected apprenticeship duration: 15 months
Apprenticeship level: Advanced (Level 3)
Programme: L3 Business Administrator
During this apprenticeship, you will follow a fully supported training programme with our Learning Development Team, delivered through combined workplace assessment/training and online learning working towards completing the L3 Business Administrator standard.
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
James Blanchard – Senior Technical Specialist
Telephone: 0116 305 4157
Email: James.Blanchard@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
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