Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester and offers a range of apprenticeship opportunities as part of its workforce development and major capital projects. The Council uses apprenticeships from Level 2 up to Level 6 degree level, enabling participants to earn while they learn and gain recognised qualifications in disciplines such as traditional construction trades (including stonemasonry, lime plastering, mosaic tiling, joinery, and painting and decorating) through programmes linked to the Our Town Hall project. All apprentices on this project earn at least the Real Living Wage and benefit from practical, on-the-job training across a variety of trades and roles. In addition, the Council is a partner in PlanBEE Manchester, a two‑year multidisciplinary apprenticeship programme in construction that rotates learners across employers and projects in the city, covering architecture, structural and building services engineering, management, and project/cost management. The Council also promotes apprenticeships and traineeships more broadly to local employers by signposting to government and Greater Manchester Combined Authority guidance on recruitment, funding and use of the Apprenticeship Levy, and by encouraging businesses of all sizes to use apprenticeships to grow a skilled and motivated workforce.