Job Description

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Apprentice Painter and Decorator - fixed term contract for 4 years
Waverley Court

Salary: £22,336- £26,23
Hours: 36 per week

The Council is committed to assisting people within the local area by providing the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in the world of work through our Modern Apprenticeship Training Programme.

Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) offer new and returning entrants to the labour market the chance of paid employment combined with the opportunity to do training relevant to the occupational area.

They include the opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications that help kick-start a career without having to study full-time. New entrants can include school and college leavers, those with no previous work experience and/or vocational qualifications.

You will be required to serve a 4 year apprenticeship in Painting and Decorating SVQ level 3 passing all exams and standards required to qualify in this trade.

You will be required to assist in the provision of a range of support services in Edinburgh Property Services, Painting and Decorating. To contribute to delivering the EPS vision of ‘being the best’ while maintaining the EPS core values.

You must have left secondary education in the past three years or currently on a City of Edinburgh Council employability training programme or aged up to 29* with disability or care experience.

Applicants must show a willingness to participate in a Modern Apprenticeship programme

. Applicants must be willing to obtain a driving licence and must be able to travel to college.

*Due to criteria for external funding for qualification.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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