Job Description
1. East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft (NR33 OEQ)
2. Year 1 - £8.47 per hour; Year 2 – £11.44 per hour
3. 37 hours per week
4. 21-month training contract
5. Start date – 2September 2024
East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people’s lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk. We have an established and successful apprenticeship scheme, which has seen over 80% of apprentices stay on beyond their apprenticeships to develop promising careers with the Council. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity where you can earn money as well as gaining experience and a recognised qualification, then look no further!
A unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic apprentice to join East Suffolk Council as an Administration Apprentice (Health and Safety).
Your role
Your role will be to carry out a range of administrative, technical and support functions to support the Health and Safety team, with the aim of helping to protect public health and safety and improving the health and wellbeing of East Suffolk employees and the community.
As part of your role you will maintain computer records, assist with creating and updating documentation (. policies and leaflets), arrange meetings and distribute agendas and minutes. You will also be involved in supporting with the organisation of training events and promotional activity and providing support to the wider Food and Safety Team on projects and ahead of events such as Latitude Festival.
You will need:
You will need to have good written and verbal communication skills, excellent IT skills and a minimum of 4 GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 -9 (or equivalent). You will be keen to learn and have the ability to identify and record accurately key facts arising from conversations. No previous administrative experience is required, as full training will be provided.
Apprenticeship open evening!
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding two open evenings at our Melton and Lowestoft offices. This will give you the opportunity to find out more about East Suffolk Council’s apprenticeship scheme, learn more about each of our available opportunities direct from the placement managers and ask any questions you have. The open evenings are taking place on the following dates -
14 May 2024, 5.30pm – 7.00pm at the East Suffolk House offices (Riduna Park, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT)
16 May 2024, 5.30pm – 7.00pm at the Riverside Offices (4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0EQ)
Please email to book your place at one of our open evenings.
Why work for us?
East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access.