Social Value Apprentice
Gloucestershire County Council
Gloucestershire (GL1 2TG)
Closes in 26 days (Sunday 26 July 2026)
Posted on 30 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Support GCC suppliers to deliver real community and environmental benefits while working across procurement and partnerships. Gain hands-on experience and study a Level 4 sustainability apprenticeship, perfect for building a meaningful public sector career and making a real impact.
- Wage
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£26,514 a year
- Training course
- Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - Flexible working.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- 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
- Monitor contract delivery of social value commitments and support contract managers with monitoring delivery of social value initiatives.
- Support the Social Value Coordinator with advising on the inclusion of social value in procurements according to best practice and our Social Value Policy
- Prepare documents and minutes for the Social Value Steering Group
- Support with reviewing cabinet reports and inputting into the social value implications of projects and strategies
- Outreach to local VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises) to support them with sharing projects and opportunities for partnerships and making links with organisations looking to deliver social value within the county.
- Support on internal projects that help deliver GCC’s Social Value Strategy, working closely with other directorates as required.
- Research and network to identify and gather best practice (e.g. from other local authorities) and share this within GCC.
- Contribute to the development of GCC’s strategic approach to social value.
Where you'll work
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2TG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Training course
Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
About this employer
Gloucestershire County Council is a county council which administers the most strategic local government services in the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in the South West of England.
Company benefits
25.5–30.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pension and free parking. Ongoing support, training and development, staff discounts, wellbeing support, networks and travel schemes, including car and cycle options. and EAP support 24/7.
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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Start as a Social Value Apprentice, gaining hands-on experience and a Level 4 qualification, before progressing into social value or sustainability officer roles, with opportunities to move into senior, specialist or management positions across procurement, commissioning or strategy.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Gloucestershire County Council
Grace Eccleston
Grace.Eccleston@gloucestershire.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039865.
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Closes in 26 days (Sunday 26 July 2026)
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