- 28th August 2025
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Are you organised, enthusiastic, and ready to kickstart your career in project administration?
Looking for an opportunity where you can make a real difference in the lives of young people?
Join the Local London Careers Hub as an Apprentice Project Officer and gain valuable experience while supporting projects that connect schools, employers, and young Londoners with work experience, apprenticeships, and future career pathways.
About the role
- Job reference: RQ002256
- Application closing date: 02/09/2025
- Location: Hybrid (with travel across East London and Central London)
- Salary: £25,998 per annum
- Full-time, 36hrs, Fixed-Term 12-month contract
What You’ll Be Doing
You'll be at the heart of our exciting projects – helping the team plan, deliver, and evaluate careers programmes that create real opportunities for young people.
Key responsibilities include
- Supporting the admin and logistics behind work experience and employer engagement programmes
- Communicating with schools, colleges, and businesses
- Helping organise events, meetings, and workshops
- Maintaining accurate records and tracking project milestones
- Using tools like Microsoft Office and social media to keep everything running smoothly
- Collecting data and supporting the team to report on impact and outcomes.
You’ll gain a deep understanding of how careers projects are run from start to finish – all while working toward a recognised qualification and building skills for your future career.
What we’re looking for
Essential:
- A genuine interest in education, careers, or youth development
- Great communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong attention to detail and a positive, proactive attitude
- Ability to stay organised, meet deadlines, and manage tasks
- Confidence using tools like Word, Excel, and email
Desirable (but not required):
- Experience planning events or managing logistics (e.g. in school or volunteering)
- Familiarity with apprenticeships, work experience, or youth programmes
- Some knowledge of project management tools like Trello or Asana
Why join us?
- Be part of a team helping young people thrive in education and employment
- Gain real-world experience in project coordination and stakeholder engagement
- Work flexibly across office, home, and field-based settings
- Access great learning opportunities and 1:1 support throughout your apprenticeship
Travel across East London and into Central London is part of the job.
Note: you will be employed by London Borough of Redbridge (on Local London Career Hub’s behalf)
To apply for this post, you must submit an online application form along with uploading a copy of your CV and cover letter.
All short-listed applicants will need to demonstrate proof of right to work in the UK.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment and welcome applications from qualified applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, colour, race, religion, or belief.
- 28th August 2025
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Work with us: Executive Support Officer role
Are you a dynamic, well organised, experienced officer with strong communication skills and the ability to work across multiple organisations?
We're looking for an Executive Support Officer to work with the Director of Local London and the Local London team in managing executive functions and supporting professional working with senior officers from our nine member boroughs.
About the role:
- Job reference: RQ002257
- Application closing date: 02/09/2025
- Location: Hybrid / Greater London
- Salary: £49,056.00 - £52,194.00 pro-rata
- Role type: permanent, part-time (21.5hrs)
What you’ll be doing:
- Providing high level, professional executive assistance and administrative support to the Director, including the monitoring of e-mails, enquiries, and correspondence to ensure they are dealt with appropriately, managing and maintaining their calendar, arranging appointments, meetings and ensuring they have the correct information and papers for their meetings.
- Providing daily management and co-ordination of the activities of the Director of Local London responding to continual changes in priorities and political sensitivities.
- Scheduling and organising both the Local London Growth Board and the Local London Skills and Employment Board, including management of its membership list, minuting of meetings and management of action log. To support the Senior Policy Manager and Senior Policy Officers in the production, management and circulation of papers to timetable.
- Supporting the Director and senior managers with Local London’s responsibilities under Redbridge Council’s governance arrangements and liaison with Chairs and members of Local London advisory boards.
- To be Local London’s lead on corporate responsibilities including health and safety, information governance and corporate resilience, managing Local London’s response on these and attending relevant Boards and Committees as required.
- To monitor, encourage and support staff to ensure they complete mandatory training, and they are aware of opportunities to receive relevant and appropriate learning and development to aid career development.
- To work with the Director and senior management on monthly monitoring, ensuring that the team complete required budgetary reporting for Redbridge Council. To schedule and organise the Programme Board between Local London and Redbridge staff, including the management and circulation of papers to timetable and monitoring of actions.
- Any other duties appropriate to the job and grade as required by the Director.
What we’re looking for:
- Significant experience of providing high level, professional executive assistance and administrative support to a Chief Executive/Corporate Director/Senior Leader.
- Experience and understanding of working in local government/political environment.
- Proficient level of IT competence including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint with a willingness to develop skills further. May include project management systems and other databases.
- Experience in delivery of Project Management
- Be able to prioritise day to day operational and strategic programmes of work based on changing demands.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills relevant to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with colleagues across service areas and partner organisations.
Why join us
You’ll be at the heart of an ambitious organisation supporting growth and shaping skills and employment support across north east and south east London.
Note: you will be employed by London Borough of Redbridge (on Local London’s behalf)
To apply for this post, you must submit an online application form along with uploading a copy of your CV and cover letter.
All short-listed applicants will need to demonstrate proof of right to work in the UK.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment and welcome applications from qualified applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, colour, race, religion, or belief.