General Administrator Assistant Apprenticeship
MCVICKERS LTD
STANLEY, DH9 7BF
Closes in 13 days (Friday 4 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 September 2024
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Summary
McVickers Electrical Contractors manage small to large scale projects for all sectors throughout the construction industry. An opportunity is now available to join the company as a General Administrator Assistant Apprentice. Your role will involve administrative/customer service duties such as answering the telephone, email enquiries and filing.
- Annual wage
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£12,480 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Apprentice Minimum Wage £6.40 per hour This will be reviewed over time
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday – 8:30am-5pm. Friday 9am-3pm.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 14 October
- Duration
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1 Year 6 Months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
To support and engage with various parts of the organisation. With a focus on adding value, the role of business administrator contributes to the efficiency of an organisation, through support of functional areas, working across teams and resolving issues as requested. The flexibility and responsiveness required allows the apprentice to develop a wide range of skills.
Full training will be given for the role which will involve the following tasks but will not be limited to:
- General administration duties
- Customer service duties
- Filing
- Answering phone calls
- Passing on messages
- Making phone calls to customers
- Sending emails
- Banking cheques and cash
- Dealing with petty cash
- Sending letters
- Mail merge
- Using Excel spreadsheets
- Processing rental and sales agreements
- Typing test certificate sheets using specific software
Where you’ll work
2 WOODLAND COURT
GREENCROFT INDUSTRIAL PARK
STANLEY
DH9 7BF
Training
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.
College or training organisation
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard.
All training will be delivered in the workplace.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English & maths (grade 4/C or equivalent)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Candidates must be able to travel to work for a 9:00am/8:30am start (please check travel arrangements prior to applying).
About this company
McVickers Electrical Contractors manage small to large scale projects for all sectors throughout the construction industry. We have extensive experience working on new build and refurbishment projects for commercial, education, leisure and healthcare clients and have specialist housing teams carrying out rewires and upgrades in the domestic contract market, we also install solar PV and battery storage for commercial and domestic clients. We have built up a large local domestic client base for our stairlift installs (Access Solutions) which can be supplied on either a rental or purchase basis.
After this apprenticeship
The administration role may be a gateway to further career opportunities, such as management positions or senior support roles. There will potentially be future progression and prospects within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000274769.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Friday 4 October at 11:59pm)
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