There is still time to apply for trainee posts which provide six months of paid employment and work experience.
Six posts are available on the Healthy Homes Energy Efficiency programme with a further two working with the council’s vacant property team. All the positions are for people aged between 16 and 18 who are not in education, employment or training and who live in Liverpool.
Trainees on the energy efficiency programme supply and fit free low energy bulbs in the homes of vulnerable residents. They also provide a free energy monitoring service to help residents identify opportunities to reduce their energy consumption and attend events which promote energy efficiency.
The trainees who will work on the Vacant Property Team will support full-time officers in bringing unoccupied properties back in to use ,helping to reduce the demand for housing and improving the environment.
All of the trainees will undertake a range of training courses in order to equip with therelevant skills including:
• Customer service excellence, health and wellbeing for staff, information security awareness, equality and diversity, stress awareness, written communication skills and time management
• EDI (Education Development International) Level 1 award in employability skills.
• Functional skills both numeracy and English.
• Energy Efficient Training to City and Guilds Level 1
The closing date for applications has been extended to Friday 15 August
For more details, contact healthyhomesprogramme@liverpool.gov.uk, with your name, date of birth, address and telephone number or telephone 0800 0121 754.