Apprenticeship Opportunity at Warwickshire County Council

The Transport Planning team at Warwickshire County Council is offering an exciting opportunity, as an alternative to a full-time degree, to join their Team as a Transport Planning Degree Apprentice. The apprenticeship is a great opportunity to work with experienced Transport Planners and to earn a salary, whilst working towards a BSc Transport Planning Degree with our academic partners at Aston University, Birmingham.

About us

The Transport Planning team is dedicated to developing an effective transport network in Warwickshire which will support our communities and the County’s ambitious plans for growth. In recent years the team’s work has included delivering new rail stations and major new or improved road and cycle infrastructure. There is much more to come, with the team working on the development and delivery of an extensive pipeline of schemes across all modes of transport, including responding to fast moving emerging transport technology such as electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles.

About the role

As a Degree Apprentice you will be assisting other Transport Planners within the team to develop transport policies and projects to meet the Council’s strategic priorities as set out in the Council Plan 2022-27 and to respond to the UK Government’s plan for decarbonising transport.

The role will provide a varied and challenging workload and provide an opportunity to build a successful career in transport planning as well as gaining experience working in local government. You will be involved with the production of feasibility studies for new schemes, technical work to assess the benefits of transport schemes and scheme impacts, writing bids for funding and communicating with a wide range of stakeholders and members of the public.

Key skills and experience required

To be successful in this role you will need to be motivated and have good organisational skills. You will need strong IT skills and the ability to learn to use new specialist software packages. As you will be working with a wide range of internal and external colleagues and partners, you will need to have good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. 

For further information please see the Job Description & Person Specification

Apprenticeship Starting Salary

£19,650 raising to £27,514 over the course of the five-year apprenticeship scheme.

Qualifications

NVQ Level 3 ability or equivalent in a relevant subject, for example:

• Three A-Levels (or equivalent) – Maths, Geography or Economics would be advantageous (minimum Grades BCC)
• At least Grade 4 or C GCSE English and Grade 5 or C GCSE Maths

Location

The role advertised will be a mixture of remote working and in Warwick Town Centre at the County Council’s main office complex.

Additional Information

For further information about the role please contact Margaret Smith (margaretsmith@warwickshire.gov.uk) or Stephen Rumble (stephenrumble@warwickshire.gov.uk).

Closing date for application: midnight, Monday 4 July 2022.

For further information on the Transport Planning BSc Degree Apprenticeship course, please visit:

https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/transport-planning-bsc-degree-apprenticeship

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

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You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.