Responsibilities

You’ll combine work-based training along achieving an Advanced (Level 3) qualification in Business Administration that will help you towards a career in the field of waste management.

Working for one of the largest employers in the County, you will gain practical skills as well as experience of the waste management services that the Council provides. Waste Management plays a key role in addressing the Climate crisis and this role will help support the Councils efforts locally.

About the role

A typical day might involve responding to messages from the public, writing articles or content for social media and collating data & recording it accurately.

The role will help support the wider team whilst giving you exposure to how the waste service operates. This will focus on supporting projects that encourage residents to reduce, reuse and recycle more. It includes public events, responding to customer queries, creating content to share with local residents about our waste and recycling and supporting the contracts team to deliver excellent services.

You will also support educational work delivered by our contractors, including site tours and community events.

All this will develop in you an understanding of waste management in a local government setting, focused on how the Council’s waste contracts work in real life and so deliver key Council services. Whilst this is going on you will also study to achieve the Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship throughout the duration of your time with us. For this we’ll give you time off during your working week for study and assessments - which means no evening or weekend study is required.

About you

Skills required:

• Able to organise own work and achieve deadlines
• Good IT skills and the ability to use Microsoft Office software
• Understanding of Social Media
• Able to communicate well verbally and in writing
• Able to use initiative and identify new opportunities
• Good standard of written work with accurate spelling and grammar
• Able to deal calmly and politely with members of the public
• Personal Qualities:
• A passion for the environment
• Able to get on well with range of people
• Enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking
• Enjoys hands-on jobs that involve being out of an office as well as in
• Comfortable working as part of a team and playing an active role
• Willingness to learn and to undertake a range of different tasks as required

Eligibility Criteria:

For Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship - Qualified to Level 2 or above in Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE grades A* - C/9-4 or equivalent), or Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship Qualification.

Please note: You will not be eligible for this post if you have a degree in the same subject as this apprenticeship, or other qualifications in the same subject at an equivalent level. 

Person Specification

Essential:

• Able to organise own work and achieve deadlines
• Good IT skills and the ability to use Microsoft Office software
• Understanding of Social Media
• Able to communicate well verbally and in writing
• Able to use initiative and identify new opportunities
• Good standard of written work with accurate spelling and grammar
• Able to deal calmly and politely with members of the public
• A passion for the environment
• Able to get on well with range of people
• Enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking
• Enjoys hands-on jobs that involve being out of an office as well as in
• Comfortable working as part of a team and playing an active role
• Willingness to learn and to undertake a range of different tasks as required

Desirable:

See job description for further information