Apprentice Project Officer

Salary: £16591Shift hours: 37Coventry City Council is offering an apprenticeship with the Adult Social Care’s Strategic Commissioning Team.This role will help you develop strong administrative skills while building and managing relationships with both internal and external partners. You will support the Commissioning Team’s Engagement Officer, focusing on interactions with adult social care partners, including health and social care practitioners, the Coventry Migration and Refugee Team, and the Modern Slavery Lead. The position involves one-on-one interactions with internationally recruited care workers to understand their needs and aspirations. You will also engage in high-quality customer service, assisting with greeting customers, employers, and visitors, and supporting the Commissioning team as needed.You will undertake the Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard. Further information for this apprenticeship can be found on: (https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/business-administrator-v1-0) This apprenticeship role is a fixed term contract for 21 months in line with the length of the apprenticeship training.This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).The Commissioning Team are seeking a candidate who has the initiative and willingness to learn. Who is keen to work and learn within a small, dynamic team consisting of colleagues with a range of experience working with internal and external colleagues in the city. The candidate should be able to showcase a good set of organisational skills, managing their time well by assessing prioritised tasks, be able to manage a broad range of tasks in a busy environment and display a strength in empathy when working with individuals in vulnerable situations.If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans Are currently in care or have previously been in care If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health conditionFor full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.Closing date: 29/09/2024Pre-interview and assessment date (via Microsoft Teams)*: 09/10/2024Interview date(s) (Face-to-face): 17/10/2024* The pre-interview is a short session to give the candidates further details of the apprenticeship role and to help them understand what to expect from and how to prepare for the final interview. You will also complete a short diagnostic assessment to check the level of Maths and English that they are currently working at and identify any support they may require. Did you know that there is support available to help you with your application?If you would like support in completing your application or have any questions about our recruitment and selection processes, help is available at The Job Shop.We would recommend that all applicants take advantage of this service in order to maximise the chances of being shortlisted.Address: 1 Bull Yard, Coventry, CV1 1LH Phone: 024 7678 5740Email: [email protected]     Website: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/jobshopReference: coventrycc/TP/110467/10148