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Trainee Business Support Officer Apprentice
| Posting date: | 18 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,338.00 to £23,921.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2025 |
| Location: | Bexleyheath, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | London Borough of Bexley |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 001528 |
Summary
Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
This apprenticeship will be based at Danson House, Danson Park, Bexleyheath. Which is where Bexley Register Office is located. The Registration Services have responsibility for legal requirements of marriages, births, deaths and civil partnerships.
Bexley Register Office services are delivered by Kent County Council. The successful candidate will be employed by Bexley Council but seconded to Kent to fulfil the duties required in this learning journey.
Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships | London Borough of Bexley
About the Role
You will be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills. As a trainee, you will be supervised and developed to assist in the management of processes and responsibilities of the team. Duties will include responding to enquiries face-to-face and via telephone and email from the public; manage diary booking systems; accurate data entry.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.
Whilst learning the contract will be fixed term. It is the aspiration of the organisation for the successful apprentice to aspire to full time employment with the Registration Service.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Anna Strange-Bennett, District Development & Services Manager, Anna.Strange-Bennett@kent.gov.uk
Candidate Profile
Candidates must have 5 GCSEs at A-C/4-9 level including English and Maths (or equivalent) and a desire to learn on the job and combine working with studying. Empathy with the public, good listening skills and attention to detail are all requirements of this role.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
This apprenticeship will be based at Danson House, Danson Park, Bexleyheath. Which is where Bexley Register Office is located. The Registration Services have responsibility for legal requirements of marriages, births, deaths and civil partnerships.
Bexley Register Office services are delivered by Kent County Council. The successful candidate will be employed by Bexley Council but seconded to Kent to fulfil the duties required in this learning journey.
Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships | London Borough of Bexley
About the Role
You will be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills. As a trainee, you will be supervised and developed to assist in the management of processes and responsibilities of the team. Duties will include responding to enquiries face-to-face and via telephone and email from the public; manage diary booking systems; accurate data entry.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.
Whilst learning the contract will be fixed term. It is the aspiration of the organisation for the successful apprentice to aspire to full time employment with the Registration Service.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Anna Strange-Bennett, District Development & Services Manager, Anna.Strange-Bennett@kent.gov.uk
Candidate Profile
Candidates must have 5 GCSEs at A-C/4-9 level including English and Maths (or equivalent) and a desire to learn on the job and combine working with studying. Empathy with the public, good listening skills and attention to detail are all requirements of this role.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
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