Early Careers Support Apprentice

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

Coventry City Council’s People & Culture Team sits within Human Resources and focuses on people, process and performance to deliver organisational transformation and cultural change through a range of organisational interventions.  We’re a high performing team who are leading on a number of key priorities across the organisation including: Employee Engagement, Values & Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Development, Corporate Learning & Development and Apprenticeships & Early Careers.

The Apprenticeships & Early Careers Team is responsible for delivering the Council’s Apprenticeship Strategy which includes:

• Increasing the number and quality of apprenticeship opportunities within the Council
• Widening participation by targeting and engaging with priority and under-represented groups
• Embedding apprenticeships across the organisation and developing career pathways
• Effectively utilising the Apprenticeship Levy to upskill our current workforce

What is the job role?

The Apprenticeship and Early Careers Team is responsible for more than 300 apprentices undertaking over 60 apprenticeship standards ranging from Level 2 to Level 7 across the Council and our maintained schools. Working closely with the Workforce Planning and Early Careers Lead, Apprenticeship and Career Pathways Advisors, and a number of other internal and external partners you will provide a variety of administrative and project support related to apprentice recruitment, training and promotion.

including:

• Adding and updating apprentice records on our database and the Council’s Digital Apprenticeship Service account including verifying and approving requests for funding.

• Assisting the Apprenticeship and Career Pathways Advisors with a variety of recruitment tasks including contacting candidates, liaising with training providers and updating recruiting managers.

• Running and creating a variety of reports to maintain and update and apprenticeship data relating to key performance indicators.

• Promoting the Council’s Apprenticeship scheme and job vacancies via social media and updating our website.

• Working with partners to arrange a variety of events such as careers fairs, training courses and awards ceremonies.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for 18 months.  You will undertake Level 3 HR Support Apprenticeship standard. Further information for this apprenticeship can be found here.

Who are we looking for?

The Apprenticeships and Early Careers Team are a small team that are passionate about supporting our apprentices to develop and achieve their full potential.  

We are looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about apprenticeships and helping people develop

• Has good IT and digital skills including the ability to use spreadsheets to filter data for reports

• Has a strong attention to detail and is able to work accurately

• Is able to use their initiative to identify problems and propose solutions

We are actively encouraging applicants from under-represented groups including people from Minority Ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and the LGBT+ community.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you ?

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Closing date: 28/01/24
Pre-interview date (via Microsoft Teams)*: 07/02/24
Interview date(s) (Face-to-face): 13/02/24

* The pre-interview is a short session to give candidates further details of the apprenticeship role and to help them understand what to expect from and how to prepare for the final interview.

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 5740
Email: jobshop@coventry.gov.uk     
Website: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/jobshop

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards & benefits package which includes:

• Flexible working arrangements
• An outstanding local government pension scheme
• Great opportunities to develop with access to accredited courses.
• Access to an award-winning Occupational Health Service
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Coventry City Council