Bitu Transport Apprentice

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces, and listed heritage sites.  
Bexley Integrated Transport Unit (BITU) 
The BITU (Bexley Integrated Transport Unit) organise and manage travel assistance for children / young people with special educational needs to go to / from school / college and vulnerable adults to day centre and respites.  
Travel assistance can be in the form of Transport, PTAB (personal travel assistance budget) or Travel Training.  

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Transport Apprentice to join our team to provide a high level of service in respect of travel assistance for SEN children/students and vulnerable adults. 
You will have day-to-day interface with commissioning departments, service users, parents/carers, transport providers, schools and colleges, and care service providers for all operational passenger travel assistance queries. 
You will assist in the day-to-day monitoring of the transport providers. You will help to plan and review the operational arrangements of travel assistance for SEN children and vulnerable adults.  
The team will develop and support you to achieve a level 3 Business Administrator qualification.     
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sharan Sandhu or Trish Florence, 0203 045 4431, bitu@bexley.gov.uk 
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached. 
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. 

Requirements:  
English and Mathematics to GCSE A-C level or equivalent.  
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages – Word, Outlook and Excel with a passion to learn administration and office skills including data entry and presenting findings. 
Commit and meet deadlines to the formal qualification attached to this apprenticeship.  At least 6 hours per week will be allocated to study time. 
Good level of numeric and literacy skills with an eye for attention to detail 
After training and development  
the ability to work independently with limited supervision and plan workload to meet deadlines  
Ability to analyse and interpret data and information. 
Experience of maintaining complex databases 
Experience of dealing with enquiries from the public and senior officers. 
Experience of office administration processes, mailing, scanning, filing and use of information systems 
 
 
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. 
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.     

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Anticipated Interview Date:  TBC
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Additional Information 
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@bexley.gov.uk