Stakeholder Engagement – Business Administration Apprentice

Start your career with TfGM and help us deliver for communities, adapt for the future and care for Greater Manchester.

Your Role

At TfGM, we’re working to improve lives by connecting people and places across Greater Manchester.

As a Business Administration Apprentice, you’ll join our Partnerships, Engagement and Inclusion (PEI) team, helping us work with communities, businesses and stakeholders to shape transport services and policies.

This is a great opportunity to start your career while gaining a nationally recognised Level 3 Business Administration qualification, alongside hands on experience in a fast paced public sector environment.

You don’t need previous experience we’re looking for people with a willingness to learn and a positive approach to developing new skills.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

At TfGM, our purpose is to improve lives by connecting people and places across Greater Manchester.

The PEI team brings together three connected specialisms: People and Place, Business Engagement, and Consultation and Inclusion. The apprentice will work across all three areas, gaining a broad understanding of how TfGM engages with communities, representative and lived experience groups, businesses and stakeholders to inform inclusive decisionmaking.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will have:

• Have an interest in public services and making a difference to communities, especially how transport supports people’s daily lives
• Can communicate clearly and are willing to ask questions, share ideas and help solve problems
• Are motivated to learn and develop yourself, both in the role and through your apprenticeship
• Enjoy working with others as part of a team, supporting colleagues and contributing to shared goals
• Show initiative and are willing to take ownership of tasks, with support from your team
• It is desirable, though not essential, that you have achieved GCSE English and Maths at grade 4/C or above. If you do not currently hold these qualifications, you must be willing to study Functional Skills alongside the apprenticeship.

What we can offer you

This is an 18 month fixed term role with a starting salary of £26,532 per annum

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What’s next?

If you believe your strengths and attributes would be a good fit for this Apprenticeship, we’d really like to hear from you! You don’t have to meet all of the criteria we’re looking for people who really want to make a difference to our amazing City Region. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

Internal candidates – check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

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