Stakeholder Engagement - Business Administration Apprentice TfGM Piccad

Role Summary

Start your career with TfGM and help us deliver for communities, adapt for the future and care for Greater Manchester.

As a Business Administration Apprentice, you’ll join our Partnerships, Engagement and Inclusion team, helping us work with communities, businesses and stakeholders to shape transport services and policies.

Join us in a fast paced public sector environment and gain a nationally recognised Level 3 Business Administration qualification.

We look for people with a willingness to learn and a positive approach to developing new skills. No prior experience required.

At TfGM, our purpose is to improve lives by connecting people and places across Greater Manchester.

• Have an interest in public services and making a difference to communities, especially how transport supports people’s daily lives.
• Can communicate clearly and are willing to ask questions, share ideas and help solve problems.
• Are motivated to learn and develop yourself, both in the role and through your apprenticeship.
• Enjoy working with others as part of a team, supporting colleagues and contributing to shared goals.
• Show initiative and are willing to take ownership of tasks, with support from your team.
• Desirable but not essential to have achieved GCSE English and Maths at grade 4/C or above; if not, must be willing to study Functional Skills alongside apprenticeship.

18 month fixed term role with a starting salary of £26,532 per annum.

We encourage flexible working options. You may discuss flexible working at any stage of the recruitment process.

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays) and increasing with service; options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost contributions.
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events (subject to qualification criteria).
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website.

If you believe your strengths and attributes would be a good fit for this Apprenticeship, we’d like to hear from you. You don’t have to meet all of the criteria; we value a genuine desire to make a difference for the City Region. All appointments will be based on merit.

Internal candidates – check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.