Gun Wharf/Hybrid (On-Site)
Contract, Full time
Apprentice - £279.35 per week
37.5
Post start date – Early September 2025
A Medway Council Apprenticeship will give you the opportunity to earn a salary and gain a qualification whilst gathering invaluable workplace skills and experience.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Apprentice role within the Waste Disposal Team, which manages the recycling and disposal of household waste and Medway’s three Household Waste and Recycling Centres.
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic individual with a willingness to learn. You will be given on the job training, along with your Level 3 Apprenticeship course in Business Administration and additional training specific to the service area.
The role will involve dealing with customers and contractor partners on a regular basis to assist with the administration of Medway’s household waste and recycling centres and the recycling and disposal processing facilities.
You will need to be well organised with excellent communication and IT skills (particularly Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word) and a positive attitude.
The post is varied and will involve dealing with customers over the telephone, answering emails, inputting data into spreadsheets, simple data analysis and visits to a range of sites.
You do not require previous experience in waste services as you will be provided with the required training. You will however need to have excellent communication skills, an interest in data analysis and a commitment to the provision of excellent customer service.
If you would like a rewarding role with great development opportunities, this is the apprenticeship for you.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile.
As an Apprentice with Medway Council, you will be a valued member of our Apprenticeship Academy. We will encourage and support you to realise your potential. You will have the opportunity to learn from colleagues who are experts in their field and gain insights that can only come from real world experience
We will support you every step of the way for you to succeed in your apprenticeship and help you to become the best version of yourself.
An openness to review and reflect on your performance and progress is important as well as the willingness to accept feedback that will help you to develop and grow in this role.
Medway Council’s Apprenticeship Academy extends to all our Apprentices a guarantee that their apprenticeship qualifications will be regularly monitored and quality assured with the respective training providers.
In return we offer you:
- 23 days paid annual leave
- Generous local government pension
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Free NUS Apprentice Extra Card- student discounts at 100’s of retailers
- Student rates for Medway Council Leisure Centres
- Student rates for Medway Council Libraries plus free e-books
- Discounted Arriva bus travel
Important Information
Interview date: w/c 23 June 2025.
If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager please call Louise How, Environmental Contracts Manager on 01634 335693
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.