Apprenticeships, work experience and volunteering

Every year we offer a variety of opportunities to gain voluntary work experience with our services.

Our placement lengths vary according to the needs and interests of the individual applicant, as well as the resources and workload of the department hosting the placement.

We are a ‘Disability Confident’ employer committed to providing work experience wherever possible.

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Armed Forces Work Placement/Job Shadowing Scheme

We are working with Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Assist, offering work placement/job shadowing opportunities for those who are likely to be medically discharged from the Armed Forces as well as the wounded, injured and sick.

These work placements are to support their resettlement into the civilian workplace. They could be anything from 1 to 4 weeks, to give experience of a job type or environment.

Phoenix Heroes also support veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), including support back into employment.

Our vacancies can also be found on the Career Transition Partnership and Forces Families Jobs websites.

Work experience placements:

Buildings and Technical Team
Building Surveyor (Estates)
Business Improvement
Communications and Marketing
Community, Health and Wellbeing
Customer Services
Data-Led Operations Team
Digital Access Support Team
Environmental Health
Finance (Colchester Commercial Holdings Limited)
Governance (Electoral Services)
Health and Safety
Human Resources
Museums (Ipswich)
Neighbourhoods (Recycling and Refuse)
Land Charges
Operational Finance (Business Rates)
Operational Finance (Procurement)
Planning
Private Sector Housing Team
Environmental (Public Protection)
Senior Leadership Support Team
Sport and Leisure
Strategic Housing
Street Care and Safety
Sustainability and Climate Change

Express your interest for a work experience placement

If you are interested in applying for a work experience placement with us, express your interest.

Only applications made via the form will be considered.

We will contact the relevant department to see if they are able to accommodate your request. If we are able to assist with a placement in your chosen area, we will contact you within 3 weeks of your application date.

Our work experience opportunities are extremely popular and whilst we consider each request individually and strive to offer opportunities to people where we can, it is unfortunately not possible to do so in every case.