Liverpool Young Futures Apprenticeship Programme

Job Introduction

Job title: Liverpool Young Futures Apprenticeship Programme

Liverpool City Council already employs around 60 apprentices and 25 graduates across a wide range of professions, helping people gain valuable experience, qualifications and careers that make a real difference.

Now we're launching our new Liverpool Young Futures Apprenticeship Programme – a dedicated route into employment for young Liverpool residents.

This isn't work experience or a placeholder. This is a real Job with a real salary (real living wage), real qualification, real career path.

If you're looking for your first step into the world of work, this could be where your future starts. 

Liverpool City Council delivers hundreds of services that support communities every day. Whatever your interests, there could be an opportunity for you.

To make things easier, you only need to submit one application.  We'll consider you for all suitable opportunities through that single application.

As part of your application, we’ll ask you what roles your interested in. We have a number of positions across the following roles:

• Apprentice Neighbourhood Officer
• Emergency Planning and Resilience Apprentice
• Apprentice Horticulturist
• Apprentice Arborist
• Environmental Services Apprentice
• Apprentice Workshop Assistant
• Digital Content Creator Apprentice
• Health and Safety Apprentice
• ICT And Digital Apprentice
• Apprentice Finance and Booking Coordinator
• Apprentice Venue Operations Coordinator
• Regulatory Support Apprentice
• Signs and Lines Apprentice
• Apprentice Residential Assistant
• Bereavement Services Apprentice

Applications close: Midnight Tuesday 1st September 2026

Want to find out more about the apprenticeship programme and meet the people you could be working with? Join us at Liverpool Town Hall on 19 August 2026, from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

For those who are successfully shortlisted you will be invited to attend an assessment centre in September dates TBC

Interviews will follow with hiring managers for those who are successful at the assessment centre

To apply you must: 

• Be aged 16-20 (or up to age 24 if you have an EHCP or care experienced) 
• Be a Liverpool resident (or a Liverpool City Council care leaver living outside the city boundary) 
• Have the legal right to work in the UK 
• Meet apprenticeship eligibility requirements, including UK residency requirements 
• Be willing to work towards Functional Skills qualifications if you do not currently hold GCSE Grade 4/C in English and Maths

What salary and benefits will I get?

If your application is successful and you are offered an apprenticeship, you will have a real job from day one. This means you will:

• earn a salary of £24,547 from your first day 
• work 35-hours a week — this includes paid learning time
• gain a qualification recognised across the UK
• get 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• access employee benefits and wellbeing support
• join our Early Careers Network and meet other staff members 
• build experience with one of the largest employers in the city 

If you have any queries, please email apprentices@liverpool.gov.uk 

Watch our recruitment video and see what life is like working at Liverpool City Council.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

Although we advertise on Jobs Go Public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.  Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes . For details regarding the salary of a skilled worker visa please visit Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

This is not legal advice, and we advise you to seek your own independent legal advice tailored to your own personal circumstances.