Apprentice Business Support Officer | | Fixed Term Contract for 24 months | 37 hours per week | £25,583 to £25,989 per annum | (Grade D) | Norwich
Are you interested in providing administrative support? Do you enjoy providing an excellent customer service? Would you like to learn and develop professionally through an apprenticeship?
Our Growth & Investment department are looking for someone to provide data systems support to the Programmes Coordinator and Data Systems Officer assisting in first line support for stakeholders to resolve issues helping to ensure the data systems are current for the programmes and contracts to enable accurate and qualitative data for reporting purposes. You would also help utilise software packages for reporting and provide administrative support for the programmes team. The successful candidate will have enthusiasm, good customer service skills, work well in a team and have appropriate IT skills together with 5 GCSE passes or equivalent including maths and English. for the successful candidate.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Programmes Team who are accountable for the delivery of a portfolio of funded programmes and projects with different accounting bodies.
This post is aligned to the Apprenticeship Standard of Business Administration – Level 3. It is expected that you would not normally take longer than 24 months to complete the training and the level of responsibility and complexity of work in this role will increase as the individual's knowledge and skills increases.
You must show commitment to studying and attend all training throughout the apprenticeship, and time will be provided for this during working hours.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Nataliya Klymko, Programmes Coordinator via or
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
* Competitive salary
* Generous holiday entitlement
* Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
* Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
* Financial benefits such as:
* ' Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
* A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
* Relocation expenses (where applicable)
* An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
* Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
* Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
* Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 11 September :00
All other applicants closing date: 21 September :59