Apprentice

As a valued member of the People & Culture team, you will have the chance to get involved in a wide range of different opportunities, including:

• Supporting in the design, delivery and evaluation of a range of Learning and Talent Development, Employee Recognition events and other People and Culture interventions.
• Supporting with the administration of a range of our diverse and varied work streams.
• The monitoring of attendance and completion of our programmes to identify under-represented groups.
• Acting as a point of contact and responding to queries across a range of People and Culture programmes and events.
• Developing and maintaining the People and Culture intranet pages, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity for all employees.
• Creating and sharing content to promote varied People and Culture activities via the intranet, staff app and Council social media.
• Building effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders to support on varied work streams.
• Analysing data to help us to make evidence based decisions and assess the impact of our People and Culture work., The pre-interview is a short session to give the candidates further details of the apprenticeship role and to help them understand what to expect from and how to prepare for the final interview.
  
  Do you want to help make the Council a better place to work? Do you enjoy making people feel included, supported and confident? Are you ready to learn, grow and take the first step into a rewarding career within the People & Culture team?, Is confident, hardworking and willing to take on new tasks.
• Is passionate and creative in finding imaginative ways to showcase what we do to promote the People and Culture teams' events and services across multiple platforms.
• Has basic IT skills, including the ability to collate and present information.
• Has organisational skills and the ability to work to schedules and deadlines.
• Has excellent communication skills and able to use their initiative to identify problems and propose solutions whilst working with a diverse workforce.
• Has the ability to promote our activities and related events using social media.
We particularly encourage applicants from global majority backgrounds, those with a disability and those from the LGBTQ+ community to apply.

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do. Our Values are:
• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
Coventry City Council's People & Culture Team sits within Human Resources (HR) and focuses on people, process and performance to deliver organisational transformation and cultural change through a range of organisational interventions. We're a high performing team who are leading on key priorities across the organisation including: Employee Engagement, Values & Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Development, Corporate Learning & Development and Apprenticeships & Early Careers. We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias., Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse. At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things. To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition, If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards & benefits package which includes:
• Flexible working arrangements
• An outstanding local government pension scheme
• Great opportunities to develop with access to accredited courses.
• Access to an award-winning Occupational Health Service
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme
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