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IT Apprentice
| Posting date: | 07 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | National Minimum Wage in line with age |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2025 |
| Location: | Penrith, Cumbria |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Inspira Cumbria Ltd |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 222 |
Summary
The Role
We are looking for an IT Apprentice to join our busy IT team working from our Head Office in Penrith. The successful candidate will support the existing team while learning valuable work-place skills and gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a motivation to work in IT to gain a wide range of skills and experiences.
You will primarily be required to provide an efficient and professional support service for Inspira to facilitate the effective operation of the Charity’s services and projects through its IT systems. In addition, there will be opportunity to:
• Support, develop, maintain and document all relevant hardware information systems including servers, workstations, and printers.
• Support, develop, maintain and document the local and wide area networks operated within the Charity including remote access facilities.
• Support, develop, maintain and document all relevant software based systems. Including operating systems, databases, and reporting software.
• Develop new and enhance ICT systems and processes.
• Monitor operational performance via key performance indicators and other targets.
About You
As an IT Apprentice, you will need:
• Minimum GCSE grade C or 4/5 in Maths, English and a Computing related subject (Expected or Achieved);
• Knowledge and/or an interest in Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Good communication skills;
• An understanding good customer service;
• A willingness to learn;
Our Benefits
We are passionate about people and support our employees to do what they do best through a dynamic and supportive working environment.
We offer a great benefits package, including 26 days annual leave, rising each year to a maximum of 33 days; Enhanced sick pay; Enhanced pension contributions; Life assurance cover; Access to counselling service; Access to medical health plan and the opportunity to work flexibly across home and office locations.
Why Inspira?
Inspira is the leading employability skills expert in the North West.
Our mission is to empower young people and adults with the skills and confidence they need to reach their potential in life and work, we want people to be Bold and Resilient so that they can handle whatever obstacles, challenges and opportunities they face with a can-do attitude. We also want people to be Relevant, to have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to succeed in careers of today and in the future.
We partner with and work on behalf of many organisations across the North West to manage and deliver comprehensive programmes which produce results.
We build strong and enduring partnerships with educational institutions, the private sector, third sector organisations, and local and national government.
Next Steps
We understand that no candidate will meet every single desired qualification/criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role and share our values to BE Bold, Relevant and Resilient, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please visit our website - www.inspira.org.uk/jobs
We recommend applying at your earliest convenience as we reserve the right to close this advert at any time.
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require a copy of our job documents in a more accessible format or are struggling to complete the application form due to a disability, please contact us via hr@inspira.org.uk or 01931 711300.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
For full details and to apply go to www.inspira.me.uk
We are looking for an IT Apprentice to join our busy IT team working from our Head Office in Penrith. The successful candidate will support the existing team while learning valuable work-place skills and gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a motivation to work in IT to gain a wide range of skills and experiences.
You will primarily be required to provide an efficient and professional support service for Inspira to facilitate the effective operation of the Charity’s services and projects through its IT systems. In addition, there will be opportunity to:
• Support, develop, maintain and document all relevant hardware information systems including servers, workstations, and printers.
• Support, develop, maintain and document the local and wide area networks operated within the Charity including remote access facilities.
• Support, develop, maintain and document all relevant software based systems. Including operating systems, databases, and reporting software.
• Develop new and enhance ICT systems and processes.
• Monitor operational performance via key performance indicators and other targets.
About You
As an IT Apprentice, you will need:
• Minimum GCSE grade C or 4/5 in Maths, English and a Computing related subject (Expected or Achieved);
• Knowledge and/or an interest in Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Good communication skills;
• An understanding good customer service;
• A willingness to learn;
Our Benefits
We are passionate about people and support our employees to do what they do best through a dynamic and supportive working environment.
We offer a great benefits package, including 26 days annual leave, rising each year to a maximum of 33 days; Enhanced sick pay; Enhanced pension contributions; Life assurance cover; Access to counselling service; Access to medical health plan and the opportunity to work flexibly across home and office locations.
Why Inspira?
Inspira is the leading employability skills expert in the North West.
Our mission is to empower young people and adults with the skills and confidence they need to reach their potential in life and work, we want people to be Bold and Resilient so that they can handle whatever obstacles, challenges and opportunities they face with a can-do attitude. We also want people to be Relevant, to have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to succeed in careers of today and in the future.
We partner with and work on behalf of many organisations across the North West to manage and deliver comprehensive programmes which produce results.
We build strong and enduring partnerships with educational institutions, the private sector, third sector organisations, and local and national government.
Next Steps
We understand that no candidate will meet every single desired qualification/criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role and share our values to BE Bold, Relevant and Resilient, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please visit our website - www.inspira.org.uk/jobs
We recommend applying at your earliest convenience as we reserve the right to close this advert at any time.
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require a copy of our job documents in a more accessible format or are struggling to complete the application form due to a disability, please contact us via hr@inspira.org.uk or 01931 711300.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
For full details and to apply go to www.inspira.me.uk
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.