Property and Projects Apprentice

Job description

To assist the Property Services Department in providing a property records service to other officers, Members, the public and outside bodies as well as assisting in the management of Council owned property. 

This role predominantly deals with the Council’s non-housing portfolio and is separate to the Council’s housing team.  As part of the role, you will be providing a customer service to the Council tenants of non-housing property, including commercial lets and beach huts.

• To assist with the maintenance of the Council’s property records for all property owned or leased by the Council and to help undertake regular reconciliations of the records including the lease register and periodic income register.
• To provide customer service support to the Council’s non-housing tenants, including commercial lets and beach huts.
• To assist with the rationalisation of the Council’s stored property deeds and documents.
• To help to provide advice and information on the Council’s land and property portfolio to other departments, Members and external agencies including research with ownership issues.
• To communicate with the Land Registry by post and electronically and for queries from other departments.
• To provide administrative assistance and support to all members of the Property Services Team.
• To undertake scanning, filing, photocopying and general office duties.
• To answer telephone calls, take messages and deal with routine queries as appropriate.
• Assist in updating and maintaining departmental databases as appropriate.
• To be responsible for the distribution of incoming post from the postal hub and the administration of external outgoing post and documents.

This vacancy is linked to the Level 2 Administration Assistant apprenticeship. 

In accordance with the Department for Education Apprenticeship Funding Rules 2026–2027, applicants must be aged 16–24 at the start of the apprenticeship to be eligible for government funding

Interview Date: Wednesday 04 November 2026