Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship - User Voice Participation

Job Introduction

This role has a starting salary of £19,560 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.

This role is a 24 month Fixed Term apprenticeship opportunity.

We are very excited to be recruiting a Business Administrator Level 3 Apprentice for the fantastic User Voice and Participation team here at Surrey County Council.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups, particularly those with EHCP’s or any additional needs.

About Us

The User Voice and Participation Team (UVP), work with children and young people to ensure they have their voices heard in the service that they access in Surrey. There are a variety of ways we do this, for example through participation groups, digital engagement, user perspective training and surveys.

Participation means taking part in something. In our experience, participation not only helps shape communities and services, but participation also supports children and young people build self-belief and develop important life skills such as independence.

We work from multiple locations including working from home, our offices based in Leatherhead/Woking and locations where our children and young people meet, for example in youth centres across Surrey. Working hours are 36 hours per week. These hours could be 9am – 5pm some days and 12pm – 8pm on other days.

What you will be doing

We want this apprenticeship to be an opportunity for you to gain experience across a wide range of duties putting you in the best position to succeed in your apprenticeship qualification and take the first steps on your career journey! In this role, you will;

• Help to organise and run participation groups for children and young people to have their voice heard.
• Create various engaging digital content for Surrey Youth Voice social media platforms.
• Gather children and young people’s feedback and share to improve services. 
• Celebrate and acknowledge children and young people in Surrey’s progress, achievement, and contributions.
• Deliver training courses; training professionals in Surrey on what it feels like being a child or young person accessing services in Surrey.

We won’t be expecting you to jump in and be able to do this all from day one. You’ll first go through an induction period allowing you to get used to the office and the team. As you gain more confidence in your role, you’ll be supported to do more and more!

The User Voice and Participation Team only recruit Apprentices with experience, or experience of accessing services, such as emotional wellbeing and mental health, additional needs and/or disabilities and/or social care services such as being in care.

The learning side of your apprenticeship will be delivered by Surrey Adult Learning with face-to-face workshops taking place once a month. As you progress through your course, you’ll have one to ones with training assessors between once a week and once a month dependant on your needs. On average, you’ll spend 4 days a week working and learning on the job and 1 day a week studying and completing work towards your qualification which will be the equivalent of 2 A-Levels.

As your qualification comes to an end and you begin to turn your eye to the future, we have a fantastic support programme in place that will put you in the best position to take the next step on your exciting career journey. Our desire is for all our apprenticeships to be the first step on a long and successful career journey within SCC.

Applying with us is simple! We aren’t asking for a CV; all we ask is that you answer a few questions to see if this job is a good match for you! They will be:

1. What excites you about applying for this apprenticeship?
2. Tell us about a time when you took the initiative to learn something new outside of education. It could be a hobby, skill, or subject that interested you. How did you go about learning it? What did you gain from the experience? Did you come up against any challenges?
3. Describe a team project or group activity you were involved in. What was your role in the team? How did you contribute to the overall success of the team? Did you come up against any obstacles? How did you overcome them?
4. What does participation mean to you? Why is it important? What difference has participation made to you personally?

Additional Information

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 30/07/2023.

Interviews will take place from 14/08/2023.

This is a 24 month secondment / fixed term apprenticeship contract.

Please note: This apprenticeship is only available for those who will not be enrolled in another government funded programme as of 1st September 2023 and do not possess a qualification at a higher or the same level as this one in the same subject. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility please contact recruit@surreycc.gov.uk.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Olivia Davenport on by e-mail at olivia.davenport@surreycc.gov.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.  

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.