Business Administrator apprenticeship
ADVANCED PACKAGING LTD
Newcastle-under-Lyme (ST5 7UB)
Closes in 2 days (Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 February 2025
Contents
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience and develop key skills in business administration, while supporting our sales and HR departments in a fast-growing company.
- Wage
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£14,329.90 to £23,174.58, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.00pm and Friday, 8.00am - 3.00pm
36 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 May 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Sales Support:
- Assist the sales team with day-to-day administrative tasks
- Prepare and update sales reports and customer records
- Organise and maintain sales documentation and files
- Answer basic inquiries and direct them to the appropriate team members
- Assist with preparing sales presentations and promotional materials
Human Resources Support:
- Help monitor and maintain employee records, ensuring data is up-to-date and accurate
- Assist with the booking and tracking of employee holidays, ensuring proper documentation and approvals
- Support HR in maintaining personnel files and other confidential documents
- Assist with onboarding new employees by preparing welcome materials
- Provide general administrative support to the HR team as needed
General Administrative Support:
- Assist with office organisation and ensure the smooth operation of the administrative functions
- Handle phone calls, emails, and other correspondence as required
- Perform any other administrative duties as requested by management
Where you’ll work
Unit 5 Rosevale Business Park
Parkhouse Industrial Estate West
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST5 7UB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
AXIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
Your training plan
- Business Administrator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Advanced Packaging is an independent packaging company with a dedicated and customer focused team. The main thing that sets us apart from other packaging distributors is our ability to manufacture in-house so we can respond to urgent requirements and do not fall victim of poor service during periods of peak demand.
After this apprenticeship
- Further progression within the business
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AXIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Ean Faragher
eanf@axia-solutions.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000305540.
Apply now
Closes in 2 days (Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
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