Application Deadline:
3 October 2025
Department:
Pride in Place
Location:
Torbay Council
Compensation:
£31,537 / year
Description
Job Description & Person Specification >
We are offering a new and exciting opportunity for someone who wants to work towards their first management and leadership role. We are looking to recruit a Graduate Management Trainee Apprentice which will give you the chance to earn whilst you learn on the job.
This role will bring you to the heart of the Council working on a 26-month fixed term contract, where you will rotate through three different placements across our Directorates.
Each placement offers the chance to deliver projects and drive forward real change, supporting key strategic objectives within our Pride in Place and Adult and Community Service Directorates, making a lasting difference to our local community.
You will combine hands on experience with a fully funded CMI Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) Level 6 giving you the best of both worlds, building your skills while gaining a recognised qualification.
Your first placement will see you working alongside experienced project managers to deliver capital projects. These are long term investments in our town centres, buildings and infrastructure ensuring every project supports our strategic priorities in regeneration and growth.
Placements 2 and 3 will give you the opportunity to further build and apply your skills with continuous support from your team and mentors. You'll be joining a vibrant community of passionate professionals, working in an office environment, where hard work is celebrated and rewarded with a generous annual leave allowance starting at 26 days, as well as a flexitime scheme and access to an excellent staff benefits and discounts platform.
This will be a busy and varied role so we are looking for someone who can:
* Demonstrate strong communication skills, interacting confidently and effectively with people at all levels.
* Build strong working relationships across all our teams and external partners stakeholders.
* Provide evidence of taking on new challenges and managing multiple tasks and priorities.
* Apply critical thinking to solve problems and come-up with creative solutions.
* Bring a proactive, 'can-do' attitude with a genuine enthusiasm to work in the public sector and project management.
* Demonstrate a commitment to their professional development, learning and growth.
Torbay Council recognises that individuals with experience of the care system are more likely to face barriers to securing employment alongside facing additional challenges throughout their lives. In light of this, we treat care experience as though it is a protected characteristic. In practice, this means that applicants with experience of the care system, who are aged under 25 and under the Care of Torbay Council and who meet all the essential criteria for this job will be offered a priority interview.
If you meet these criteria and would like to be offered a priority interview, then you must indicate this in one of the 3 boxes under 'Questions' using the following statement: I confirm that I am under the age of 25 and have had experience of the care system under the care of Torbay Council.
Torbay Council offer a hybrid model, where you can benefit from balancing office collaboration with some remote flexibility.
This position is for a fixed term of 26 months from the start date.
This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.
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Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 6th October 2025.
Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.
Skills**
Essential:
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to problem solve and make decisions.
* Ability to effectively work to competing deadlines.
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Knowledge
Essential:
* Effective organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
* Competency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook and Teams.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential:
* A level 3 qualification (A-level, NVQ, BTEC, or equivalent) in a relevant subject (e.g., Project Management, Administration, Economics, Business Studies, Contract Management.