Graduate jobs in United Kingdom

• Makes a tangible difference to local communities, businesses, and residents.
• Provides you with the knowledge and experience to develop your future career in local government.

Are you passionate about improving local communities, businesses, and the lives of residents? Do you want to work on projects that are responsible for delivering tangible changes in Breckland? Are you interested in starting a career in local government?

We are seeking multiple Graduates to join our team at Breckland, with each specialising in a certain service area within the Council, whilst gaining an understanding of how a district council, such as Breckland, operates.

Hours:Full time, 37 hours per week
Place of Work:Office base Dereham (with remote-enabled working arrangements and some travel within the district)

You are highly self-motivated, you push yourself to achieve what you want out of life and are always looking for ways to grow and develop, whatever you are doing. You constantly look for better ways of doing things, for how things can be improved - approaching things in original and ingenious ways and striving to come up with new and different methods and applications.

You are looking to start a career working in the public sector and for an opportunity to gain experience of working on a number of different projects. You will be naturally inquisitive and will be comfortable bringing forward new ideas and initiatives.

• Specialise within a certain sector of local government, whether that be Environmental Health, Housing or Corporate Policy, whilst also gaining understanding and experience of how the whole of Breckland Council operates.
• Work on and support a variety of different projects that support the Council's key objectives.
• Support the identification and development of new ideas and initiatives, thinking innovatively and offering your own suggestions.

The closing date for this job offer is on 09/07/2025

Breckland Council is a local government district in Norfolk, England. The Breckland district is one of seven districts in Norfolk which includes the five towns of Attleborough, Dereham, Swaffham, Thetford and Watton, together with a wide range of other settlem...