Apprentice - Property Services
Tendring District CouncilExpected closing date: Monday, 26 October 2026
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Key Takeaways
- Earn £15,392 per year while working towards a Level 2 Administration Assistant Apprenticeship.
- Gain experience in property records, tenant services, and administrative support within a local council.
- The role is based in Clacton on Sea and applications close on 2026-10-26.
- The apprenticeship duration is 1 year, starting on 2026-12-01.
About the Role
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.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the maintenance of the Council’s property records for all property owned or leased by the Council and undertake regular reconciliations of the records including the lease register and periodic income register.
- Provide customer service support to the Council’s non-housing tenants, including commercial lets and beach huts.
- Assist with the rationalisation of the Council’s stored property deeds and documents.
- 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.
- Communicate with the Land Registry by post and electronically and handle queries from other departments.
- Provide administrative assistance and support to all members of the Property Services Team.
- Undertake scanning, filing, photocopying and general office duties.
- Answer telephone calls, take messages and deal with routine queries as appropriate.
- Assist in updating and maintaining departmental databases.
- Be responsible for the distribution of incoming post from the postal hub and the administration of external outgoing post and documents.
- Other duties as required.
Training
On the job training will be provided in the management of commercial leases, Council processes for dealing with property transactions, and administration functions relating to land and property management. You will be working towards a Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship, delivered by Career Track, mainly in the workplace, with flexible training and delivery tailored to meet the needs of the employer and the apprentice.
What happens at the end
The skills learned will provide a basis for career progression in Property Services or many other TDC Departments, as well as customer service and administration roles in other companies.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
Qualifications
- GCSE English, Maths and IT (grade C and above or equivalent) - desired
Key Details
- Wage: £15,392 a year
- Working week: Monday to Thursday, 8:45am to 5:15pm. Friday, 8:45am to 4:45pm. With 1 hour for lunch each day.
- Hours: 37 hours per week
- Duration: 1 Year
- Start date: 2026-12-01
- Closing date: 2026-10-26
- Apprenticeship standard: Administration assistant (level 2)
- Training provider: TENDRING DISTRICT COUNCIL