Business Administration Apprentice

Job number

LBC04333

Contract Type

Apprentice

Posting End Date

26 October 2025

Job Area

Administrative and Clerical

Salary: £7.55 a hour

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Apprenticeship

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our busy Children's Social Care team as a Business Administration Apprentice.

This role provides the perfect starting point for anyone looking to build a career in local government, offering hands-on experience across a wide range of administrative tasks. You will gain valuable skills, knowledge, and practical insight while working in a supportive and professional environment.

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.

We are looking for an apprentice with strong interpersonal skills, who can communicate confidently and effectively with people at all levels in a polite, professional and tactful manner.

The ideal candidate will also demonstrate good written communication skills, with the ability to draft clear and accurate emails and reports, maintaining a high standard of spelling and grammar. Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively are essential to succeed in this role.

You should be confident in using a variety of IT systems and willing to develop your knowledge further. An understanding of equality issues, as well as awareness of internal and sector-specific policies, will be important.

As part of this apprenticeship, you will be committed to undertaking all necessary training, including Functional Skills where required, to support your professional development.

This is a public facing role so you'll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English.

If you are eager to learn, grow, and start your career in local government, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in A person's criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.

We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

• From 25 to 32 days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
• Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
• Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
• Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
• Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
• Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
• Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
• Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
• Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
• Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel

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