Leadership and Talent Support - Apprentice

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South Wales Police brings together thousands of people with the same aim – to keep South Wales safe.

We want to be the best at understanding and responding to our community’s needs. To do this we need the very best candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to become part of our policing family.

We are looking for someone to #JoinUs as a leadership and Talent Support Apprentice in our Learning and Development Department.

Could you be who we are looking for?

About the team/Department you will be joining:

We are a small team based in the Learning and Development department who coordinate, design and deliver development opportunities for our identified talent across the force.
We oversee talent development for our officers and staff aligned to our appraisal and promotion processes.
We mainly work either from Bridgend Headquarters or from home.
We usually work 9-5 Monday-Friday.

About the role and your key responsibilities:

To provide administrative support to the Leadership and Talent Development Manager and to the Performance and Organisational Development (OD) Manager who are responsible for the Talent Framework and the design and delivery of individual leadership and team development products.

Activities could include:

Supporting the new Talent Framework and the appraisal process, providing summary reports and data as required.
Managing and updating leadership, talent and organisational development pages of the Learning and Development internal website.
Coordinating meetings, events and invitations to development opportunities. providing administrative support as necessary.

What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role:

We are keen to hear from you if you are highly competent with Microsoft systems and have previous administrative experience – particularly in Microsoft Excel.
We would welcome applicants who have a proactive approach to problem solving.
We would like to hear from you if you have the ability to work under pressure, to deadlines, exercising judgement.

It is essential that you can speak Welsh to a conversational level, or are willing to develop this skill during your employment with us.

Qualification Criteria

You must have a good standard of education to at least GCSE A-C Level, including Maths and English, or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills and abilities.

You must be prepared to work towards a qualification in a relevant subject e.g. Level 3 Business Administration or Level 3 CIPD (dependent on personal career aspirations).

There are numerous benefits to working for South Wales Police, from learning and development opportunities to schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and wellbeing, as well as generous Local Government Pension Scheme / Police Pension Schemes, paid annual leave, flexible working and family friendly policies and many more, click here for more information.

If you would like any more information about the role, please contact Claire Sumner (claire.sumner@south-wales.police.uk) or Helen Scarrett (helen.scarrett@south-wales.police.uk)

Shortlisting for this vacancy will take place on week commencing 31st March.

Interviews for this vacancy will take place on either week commencing 28th April or week commencing 5th May.

We anticipate a large volume of applications for this internship as such we reserve the right to close the vacancy when a sufficient number of applications are received.

First time applying for a role with South Wales Police? Be sure to read our application guidance for some hints and tips around the application form and what to expect, click here for more information. Please note the successful candidate must be willing to undergo vetting to the required level.