Business Apprentice - Legal Operations
Halton Borough Council
Cheshire (WA8 7QF)
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 8 June 2025)
Posted on 14 May 2025
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Summary
Our Legal Services Directorate ensures that Halton Borough Council and its interests are protected by providing legal, corporate, and constitutional advice, and support at all levels. Our Business Apprentice will support the team with a wide variety of administrative tasks.
- Wage
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£18,592.50 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5:30pm.
Friday, 9.00am - 4:40pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Working as an apprentice at Halton Borough Council, offers a great opportunity to make a real difference to the community of Halton, whilst gaining valuable, hands-on experience. With a dedicated Apprenticeship Officer to support you throughout your journey here at Halton, you will be given every opportunity to succeed. Additionally, apprentices are offered opportunities to network with other apprentices and professionals across the council, helping to build connections and develop their careers.
Our Legal Services Directorate ensures that Halton Borough Council and its interests are protected by providing legal, corporate, and constitutional advice, and support at all levels.
Legal Services provides a full range of services to HBC, advising on both contentious business, such as Children’s and Adults Social Care, Anti-Social Behaviour, prosecutions, licensing, contractual disputes, debt recovery, and non-contentious business, including planning, asset management work, and acquisitions.
We believe our apprenticeship programmes are the best alternative to the traditional study route for ambitious and hard-working students.
Our Business Apprentice – Legal Operations will gain a qualification whilst earning a salary, as well as understanding how our work impacts everyday life across Halton and its surrounding boroughs. You could be at the heart of our community understanding how Legal Services operate and support our communities.
More specific responsibilities include:
- Providing clerical and administrative support to the teams within Legal Services including photocopying, scanning, stationary and the general day to day running of the office.
- Assisting in the management of travel arrangements, room/venue booking, courses and equipment booking.
- Processing invoices and obtaining purchase order numbers for external suppliers.
- Assisting in the safe and correct destruction of legal documents and keeping a record of such documents.
- Requesting archived documents to be scanned in or delivered from Records Management Unit.
- Undertaking the preparation of documents such as minutes, agenda and reports as required.
- Assisting in the opening and closing of files on the Legal Services bespoke case management IT system.
- To offer basic IT support, such as reformatting documents.
Liaising with Lawyers regarding up and coming hearings providing any necessary support. - Assisting in the preparation and creation of Court bundles when required and where necessary creating and printing bundles, arranging the delivery to Court and any Parties.
- Collecting, storing or destroying bundles where necessary.
- Diarising Court Orders in the Court Diary and tasks within Legal Services bespoke case management IT system notifying client departments of the same.
- Diarising, requesting and chasing disclosures set out in the Disclosure Order.
- Undertaking any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time which are commensurate with the grade of the job.
Where you'll work
Municipal Building
Kingsway
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7QF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
RIVERSIDE COLLEGE
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
Your training plan
Apprenticeship training will take place at Riverside College, Kingsway, Widnes, WA8 7QQ.
You will physically attend college on a fortnightly basis.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Flexible approach to work
- Willing to self-learn
- Research skills
- Collaboration with others
About this company
Halton Borough Council is the local authority responsible for the borough of Halton, a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. All our colleagues at Halton have made a positive commitment to delivering great outcomes for our communities. Whoever joins us will share that passion for outstanding service, and strongly align with the values which define our workplace culture; Working Together – building fantastic relationships with colleagues and customers. Continuous Improvement – Keeping great service delivery at the heart of everything we do. Personal Growth – Learning, growing and developing ourselves. Accountability – doing what we say we are going to do. Inspiring Leadership – positive roles models and leading by example.
https://haltoncouncilcareers.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
As you approach the end of your apprenticeship, you will receive guidance and support from our dedicated Apprenticeship Officer in applying for opportunities within Halton Borough Council. We are eager to ensure that any apprentice that joins us as an apprentice, is given every chance to secure permanent, long-term employment with us.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Halton Borough Council
Joanne Peters
joanne.peters@halton.gov.uk
0151 511 7216
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320097.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 8 June 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
Applications are made via the Halton Borough Council Careers website.