Apprentice - Transport Planning
Apprentice - Transport Planning
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RJ
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 24408 - 25590 (Grade 4 to 6 with progression subject to work completion)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term for 26 months starting from September 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 20th July 2025
Interview Date(s): 12th & 13th August held at County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RJ (subject to change)
Our well-established Transport Planning Apprenticeship Scheme (Level 3) combines working in a number of teams across the Environment and Transport Department at Leicestershire County Council intersected with several residential training blocks at Leeds College of Building and a week long European field trip.
We are looking for a number of individuals that have a genuine interest in the topic to become our new cohort that supports the department local communities and elected members.
About the Role
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To work in various sections of the Department as assigned to gain experience in Transport Planning.
- To assist with carrying out technical and administrative work of the section in which the apprentice is assigned.
- To attend residential training blocks (at Leeds College of Building).
- To maintain training records in accordance with the requirements of the Training Scheme and the Corporate Learning and Development Advisor.
- To comply with all authority and departmental policies management systems procedures and working practices.
- To carry out college work during your own time. Assignments and revision for exams will be in addition to direct learning hours at college.
- Complete End Point Assessment administered by CIHT.
Such other duties as might be required by other officers that are appropriate to the Transport Planning Apprentice education experienceand position of the training programme.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade A* - C or 9 4. This must include Maths and English or equivalent.
- Able to attend residential training blocks at Leeds College of Building and to carry out college work during your own time. Assignments and revision for exams will be in addition to direct learning hours at college.
- To work in various sections of the Department as assigned to gain experience in Transport Planning able to adapt to varying workloads and priorities work to tight timescales and to agreed targets.
- No prior transport planning knowledge is required but a sound experience in collaborative working to build positive relationships based on trust andan interest in this area of work is desirable.
- Be able to coordinate and interpret information from a number of sources to support the delivery of projects and complete the apprenticeship.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills including being able to provide relevant concise oral and written advice to senior offices external partners and training provider.
- A customer focused approach where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Richard Garratt Senior Transport Analyst & Head of Transport Planning & Data Analyst Apprenticeship Schemes
Telephone: 0
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement that should be no longer than 1000 words as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Trainee
