Apprentice Technical Assistant (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary:25191 - 25590 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:18.5 hours per week

Contract Type:Fixed term (ending 31^st July 2026)

Closing Date:17^th October 2025

Interview Date(s):29^th October 2025

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and no two days are the same By joining our Adult Learning team you will be supporting adults to develop their skills and become more independent enabling them to reach their true potential.

About the Role

Connect to Work aims to support disabled people people with health conditions and people from disadvantaged groups with multiple and complex barriers to move into and maintain employment.

We are looking to recruit highly motivated and experienced technical support assistant to assist with the delivery of the Connect to Work programme. The role will involve technical support to establish systems and processes support the Connect to Work delivery team and direct interaction with service users to help them with their pursuit of sustainable employment.

Applicants must hold a UK driving licence.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Complete the application form detailing how you satisfy the criteria below giving short examples of each criterion.

• Have excellent English maths and ICT skills with a minimum of 3 GCSE or equivalent in Maths English and ICT.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability establish individual support requirements and coach individuals through complex systems and processes.
• The ability to prioritise and plan ones own workload in the context of conflicting priorities and work on ones own initiative.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations.

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.

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 theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Andrew Day Senior Adult Learning Manager
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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 Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow 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.

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