Apprentice Workforce Assistant – Payroll

  • Company: Warwickshire County Council
  • Location: CV34 4RL
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £20,947.09 per year
  • Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
  • Ref: NAS-2000033223
  • Application Deadline Date: 11/06/2026
  • Start Date: 06/07/2026
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Monday - Friday, hours are flexible between 8.00am - 5.30pm.

Brief Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen to start a career in payroll while gaining a nationally recognised qualification.

Join our Payroll team as a Payroll Apprentice, where you’ll learn, develop, and make a real impact from day one - supporting accurate, timely pay and continuous service improvements.

Training to be Provided

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

Future Prospects

It is Warwickshire County Council policy to seek that all our apprentices are retained in a further position, subject to performance and completion of the apprenticeship, and an available vacancy.

Vacancy Detail


  • Day to day planning of operational tasks to ensure delivery in line with relevant SLAs and guidelines

  • Work collaboratively with the team to meet the outcomes of the service delivery plan

  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with our range of key stakeholders, including statutory partners, service providers, voluntary sector and internal and external customers

  • Process data and information

  • Deal with day-to-day customer queries

  • Work within agreed policy and procedural frameworks

  • Deliver actions arising from Workforce Projects

  • Make decisions within recognised guidelines

  • Identify areas of service improvement and simplification 

Other Information

This role will be subject to WCC's flexible working policy, meaning you can work from the office or from home. In all likelihood, there will be a balance between the two. All equipment needed for this will be provided. Please consider your travel requirements for getting to the office location (central Warwick) before applying.

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