Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme

Please note this vacancy is being managed the LGA, please click here to apply. Please do not submit an application directly to Liverpool City Council. 

Job Title: Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme

Could you be one of Liverpool’s future local government leaders?

We’re proud to have been part of Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme for the past four years, recruiting three graduates each year and giving talented people the opportunity to begin their local government careers with Liverpool City Council.

We are now recruiting for our next cohort.

This is an exciting opportunity for graduates who are local to Liverpool, or have a connection to the area, to join Cohort 29 of Impact as a Graduate Management Trainee with Liverpool City Council.

Salary: £33,673
Contract: Two-year fixed-term contract

Over the two years, you'll undertake a minimum of three placements across Liverpool City Council, giving you the opportunity to experience different areas of local government and develop a broad range of skills, knowledge and experience.

Placements can span strategic and corporate functions, frontline and neighbourhood services, and operational service delivery. You'll work on meaningful projects that contribute to our strategic priorities and the delivery of the Council Plan, with the level of responsibility increasing as you progress through the programme. 

Alongside your placements, you'll take part in a structured learning and development programme delivered through the LGA. This includes online learning, regional and national events, Action Learning Sets and group workshops, culminating in a Chartered Management Institute Level 7 qualification.

You'll also be paired with a senior mentor at Corporate Director or Director level, giving you access to career guidance, insight into senior leadership and support to explore your future career in local government.

It's a fantastic opportunity to build your career, gain experience across a diverse organisation and play a part in delivering services and priorities that make a difference to Liverpool and its communities.

Applications for this opportunity are being managed by the Local Government Association.

Closing date: 12.00pm midday, Wednesday 6 January 2027.

View the full Liverpool City Council Graduate Management Trainee vacancy and apply

If you have any questions or require support completing your application or situational judgement test, please contact impact.support@local.gov.uk before starting your application or test.

For more information about the programme, visit the Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme website.

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes. For details regarding the salary of a skilled worker visa please visit Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

This is not legal advice, and we advise you to seek your own independent legal advice tailored to your own personal circumstances.

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Contract: Fixed Term Full Time

Working hours: 35

Office basis: Agile fully flexible

Pay frequency: Annual

Impact welcomes graduates from all backgrounds and areas of study. In order to apply, you must meet the following programme criteria:

• You will have obtained a minimum 2.2 undergraduate degree by August 2027
• You must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the 2-year programme. Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas.
• Currently live within the Liverpool City Council boundary (The Liverpool City Region covers a wider area, so if you're not sure whether your address qualifies, you can check your local council using Find your local council - GOV.UK); or
• Have studied (at a secondary or further education establishment, including school, college, University) in Liverpool; or
• Be a Liverpool Care leaver;