Hull City Council Integrated Looked After Children - Administration Apprentice – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Hull City Council's ILAC team are looking for 3 x Business Administration Apprentices to join their team. The successful candidates will take on a varied role supporting colleagues to ensure that an effective range of services for children are planned, actioned and reviewed in accordance with statutory and Information Governance procedures.

Annual wage: £12,313.60 a year
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Training course: Business administrator (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, shift times to be arranged.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 6 January
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 3

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Providing a high quality and efficient general administration support service
Communicating with members of the public, the call centre, and internal and external agencies to ensure best service is delivered
Maintaining specific databases, inputting and extracting data
Maintaining up-to-date, accurate, and quality data on appropriate systems and more

Where you’ll work

Kenworthy House HU1 3DT

98-104 George Street Hull

HU1 3DT

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL

Your training course

Business administrator (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.

Your training plan

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

More training information

L3 Business administrator Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade A-C)
Maths (grade A-C)
Business Administration (grade Level 2)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Non judgemental

Other requirements

Due to the nature of the role they are looking for a mature confident person to be able to deal with difficult situations and maintain confidentiality regarding the sensitive situation and information the team deals with. Applicant must attend HTAE initial assessment and interview process to be considered for shortlisting by the company, invites to these sessions will be sent via the email you have used to apply.

About this company

Hull City Council's Integrated Looked After Children's professional practice team provide efficient, customer focused administration support to Adult, Children and Family Services Looked after Children Team.

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity of full time employment upon completion of the advanced apprenticeship if available.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL

Employer Engagement Team

business.engagement@hullcc.gov.uk

01482614157

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287712.

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Closes in 20 days (Sunday 8 December at 11:59pm)

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