We are looking to recruit a Housing Apprentice to provide administrative support to the Council’s Strategic Housing Service working mainly with the Finance and Private Sector Housing Teams.

The role is an excellent opportunity to acquire practical skills and experience working in a busy environment supporting others who are responsible for homelessness and temporary accommodation. The successful applicant must have good standards of literacy and numeracy, be able to work as part of a team, adapt to and learn new processes and have excellent administrative skills.

During your fixed term contract, you will be working towards a Business Administration level 2 apprenticeship.  

You will be required to work 37 hours per week, normally be based at the Civic Centre but may be required to travel and / or work from other locations as required.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with the Disclosure and Barring Service process.