The Role:

The Business Administrator Apprentice Level 3 will support the Business Support and Commissioning Team in carrying out their duties, providing administrative support in contract management across a range of housing related projects, assisting with the payment of providers using internal IT platforms, contributing to report writing as requested and assisting the income management team with administrative tasks, as and when required.

The apprentice will support the coordination and delivery of the Team’s Service Plan, and assist in collating and coordinating performance data, data protection requests, and any other business functions on behalf of the Housing Options Service and will learn about business from within a busy and vibrant team.

The apprentice will provide assistance to the team in planning and delivering consultation and engagement, market engagement and quality assurance events with providers, residents, tenants and stakeholders, and assist the Business Support and Commissioning Team to develop and maintain quality monitoring systems and to analyse data that can be used to inform decisions on future service delivery.

The apprentice will also assist in procurement processes and contract management, including agreeing and preparing agendas, minuting meetings and analysing performance and budgetary information. The role also involves assisting with purchase requisitions and receipts, as required, assisting the Commissioning Team with the e-tendering system and associated tasks, and ensuring the webpages are up to date and easily accessible to those who use them.

 

How you’ll do it:

You will undertake the Business Administrator Level 3 apprenticeship standard. To do this, we will enrol you onto a training programme with a learning provider.

Please note that we will not be able to shortlist any applicants with more than 50% prior learning/work experience of this apprenticeship standard.

Both the learning provider and your manager/team will support your development.

Learning will take place on and off the job during your working hours.

You may need to attend training at the learning provider’s location.

About Cornwall Council Apprenticeships

Please visit our apprenticeships webpage. This has information about our offer and success stories from our previous apprentices.

 

Working Pattern:

This is a fixed term contract for 18-21 months to complete an apprenticeship.

This role will involve a combination of office and home working.

 

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

 

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

 

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here.

 

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Administrator Apprentice Level 3 to work in a busy and dynamic housing team, where the range of tasks is diverse and challenging.