Sheffield City Council Apprenticeships

If you are looking for a chance to learn new skills, gain qualifications and start a career, an apprenticeship at Sheffield City Council, with one of the Council’s partners, or a local business, could be just what you’re looking for.

 

Apprentices are recruited every year to work in a wide variety of roles gaining useful on the job experience and training.  In addition to this, apprentices can also work towards gaining nationally recognised qualifications such as a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ).

 

 

Apprenticeships are available in business and administration, customer service, horticulture, hospitality/catering, care for older people, construction, information technology and painting and decorating.  The workplace for an apprenticeship could be within the Council, one of the Council’s partners such as Kier Sheffield or a local business.

 

 

Every apprentice is supported by the City Council’s Employment Unit as well as being closely supervised and supported in the host workplace.

 

Apprenticeships usually last for a year, but they can last for up to two years. 

 

If you become a Sheffield City Council Apprentice you will receive a salary, based on your skills, experience, age and ability.  It will be at least £80 a week.

 

At the moment, to help the Council recruit a more diverse workforce, there are places specifically for black and minority ethnic people and places for disabled people for business and administration apprenticeships placed in the Council.

 

On completion of a Sheffield City Council Apprenticeship, there’s also the chance to win an award.  We run the Sheffield City Council Apprenticeship of the Year Awards – that’s great to put on your CV – and also Supervisor of the Year for Apprentices’ line managers as well.

 

 

You can read about three of our apprentices here.  Robert Higgins, Hannah Dwyer and Afshan Anwar are all Sheffield City Council Apprentices who, after completing their apprenticeships, are now employed with the Council or with one of the Council’s partners.

 

To become an apprentice you need to live in Sheffield and no longer be in full time education.

 

To apply for a Sheffield City Council Apprenticeship please email your CV and a covering letter to joan.hughes@sheffield.gov.uk or post it to:

 

Joan Hughes

Employment Unit

Sheffield City Council

AVEC Building

3-7 Sidney Street

Sheffield S1 4RG

 

For more information you can text Joan on 07753 933562 or telephone 0114 203 9137.