Graduate Management Trainee
Employer: Warwickshire County Council
Location: Warwickshire
Salary: £32,597 per annum
Closing date: 6 Jan 2026
Reference: RA0007291
Sector: Local Councils
Job Type: Graduate trainees
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Working Pattern: Standard
Hours: Full-Time
Job Details
* Position: National Management Trainee on "Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme"
* Location: Opportunities available in councils across England including Warwickshire County Council
* Employment Type: Fixed term for 2 years, full-time
* Department: Varied placements across Warwickshire County Council - homed in the Corporate Policy Unit
* Hours Per week: 37
* Salary: £32,597 (SP 16 - pay award pending)
* Closing date: 12.00 midday, Tuesday 6th January 2026
* Interview Date: May 2026
The Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme is recruiting over 150 talented National Management Trainees for its autumn 2026 intake. Working with one of over 70 councils across England, successful applicants will have two years to influence some of society's big issues, including social care and housing to education and the environment, while training to be one of local government's next generation of managers.
Warwickshire County Council are taking part in this exciting programme for the sixth year, giving you the chance to advance your career while giving back to our community.
Employed on a two-year fixed-term contract, trainees will rotate between different placements to develop their skills and knowledge alongside studying a postgraduate-level certificate from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). This is a varied and prestigious programme which has a high record of success placing graduates in positions of management in local government upon completion of the scheme.
About you
Impact likes to recruit graduates from all different backgrounds, universities and degree disciplines; our aim is to reflect on the diverse communities that we serve. We are looking for people who have the right values and attitudes and who can demonstrate their motivation for a career in the public sector.
Successful applicants will need to demonstrate their understanding of our key skills and behaviours which are as follows:
* Working with others: The ability to operate effectively with others that demonstrates an understanding of diversity, political sensitivity, and emotional intelligence. To be able to bring people together in order to achieve the benefits of change meeting customer/stakeholder expectations on time and within cost constraints.
* Persuasive communication: The ability to communicate persuasively with confidence both orally and in writing demonstrating the ability to influence and appropriately choose the right style of communication to fit the audience.
* Planning & organisation: The ability to manage time and prioritise work effectively to achieve objectives and deliver outcomes focusing on the relevant key drivers for change.
* Drive for results: The ability to act on own initiative and take responsibility for decisions to achieve results. This is demonstrated with a tenacity to pursue goals and challenge the status quo to bring about change.
* Analysis & problem solving: The ability to identify, analyse and interpret relevant information from a range of sources to solve complex people/community centric problems and develop well-informed solutions.
* Motivation for learning & personal resilience: The ability to proactively seek out opportunities for personal learning and development; the mental resilience to cope with change and then combine the two to learn from all experiences and apply knowledge/skills to better effect.
* Commitment to local government & the wider community: The ability to understand the needs of a local community in the current policy context and the leadership role local government has through local democracy, community engagement, commissioning, partnerships, and direct interventions.
* Leadership potential: The ability to demonstrate an understanding of the key aspects of transformational leadership and how this is applied in the current context of leading local government through times of unprecedented change.
The Impact scheme runs one national recruitment process each year and helps several councils run local and internal recruitment campaigns. Candidates can apply only once each year to the scheme.
To apply, candidates will need to have a 2.2 undergraduate degree in any subject by August 2026. You must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the 2-year programme. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas.
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