IT Trainee

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IT Trainee

£19,455 - £21,897 per annum

The Castle, Winchester

37 hours per week, permanent

Ref: HCC1718928

IT underpins everything at Hampshire County Council and is integral to our innovation. We provide high quality public services to over a million customers and our IT teams play a vital role, building and delivering smart, fast and cost-effective solutions for both the council and a range of partner organisations. With IT investment of more than £45 million a year, we are as business-like, efficient and successful as any private sector company and have a national reputation for IT excellence, innovation and value.

Kick start your career and join our team of 400+ talented individuals who have a passion for technology and you will contribute to transforming the way people work and how we deliver services to the public.

The role

We are seeking 6 highly motivated individuals to join us from September 2015. This is a great opportunity to develop a broad range of skills through a structured mentoring and training scheme. You will work in a variety of IT teams providing customer support, networks, system support and development to mention just a few. You could be resolving IT queries from staff, installing equipment or helping to plan the implementation of a new IT system. As a trainee with us your placements will cover a range of industry standard technologies from Microsoft, Citrix and Vmware and our focus on digital enablement will offer many other learning opportunities. When you have successfully completed all your placements you will secure a permanent role in one of the teams.

Your skills

With good communication and organisational skills you will have a keen interest in technology. You will be willing to learn, determined and adaptable with the ability to see tasks through to completion. Previous experience is not essential as training and support will be provided. Above all, you will share our passion for bringing to life the smartest solutions to the toughest challenges.

Assessment of applications

There will be two stages for those applicants who meet the essential criteria. Firstly, an invitation to a half-day session, this will include a test and a short interview. Successful candidates will then be invited to a formal interview at a later date. It is anticipated that the first sessions will take place week commencing 20 April 2015.

Closing date: 29 March 2015

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