Apprentice Administration Assistant .Director’s Office
City of London Corporation
LONDON, EC2P 2EJ
Closes in 5 days (Thursday 10 October)
Posted on 18 September 2024
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Summary
This role provides support to ensure the success of the Innovation & Growth Directorate working with colleagues to ensure that operational processes coordinate, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of work. In this position you will gain knowledge and skills relating to business operations, financial and project management, and governance.
- Annual wage
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£24,470 a year
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City of London Corporation staff can take advantage of the pension scheme. They also receive discounts and special offers for a wide range of products and services.
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9:15am - 5pm core hours. Flexibility will be required for business needs.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 4 November
- 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
The Innovation & Growth (IG) Directorate has key roles to play in driving economic prosperity across the Square Mile, London and the wider UK. It does this by:
- Maintaining London and the UK’s position as the world’s leading financial and professional services centre
- Helping to deliver a Climate Action Strategy for both the Corporation and the Square Mile
- Working to attract leisure tourism to the Square Mile
The work of the Directorate is fuelled by robust research, a marketing and communications strategy and a corporation wide business engagement strategy.
Main Duties:
- To provide administrative support to the Innovation and Growth department as required, with the main support for the Director’s Office team
- Assist in organising meetings and ensuring timely submission of documents
- Review documents related to processes, budgets, dependencies, and pipeline
- Take minutes, chase actions, and provide updates
- Learn and shadow project management processes, systems, and methodologies
- Maintaining and improving our project lifecycle documentation and dashboards
- Answering enquiries from staff as to financial coding, budget availability and expenditure by utilising the City's computerised accounting system, CBIS
What We're Looking For:
- A proactive individual who wants to make a difference
- Someone who can enjoys a broad range of work
- A candidate with a rational and organised approach to work
- Excellent communication skills for effective dialogue with colleagues and the ability to work in a team
- The ability to plan, schedule, and monitor own work
- A problem solver who can address routine or basic problems
Where you’ll work
City of London
Guildhall
Gresham Street
LONDON
EC2P 2EJ
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
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
You will be supported to achieve the Business Administration Level 3 apprenticeship. Theoretical training will be Biweekly with the support of the training provider. Practical training and support will be given in the workplace allowing you to embed your learning in the working environment. You will receive hours 6 per week to support with your apprenticeship studies.
More training information
The apprenticeship training will be delivered by the City of London corporation in house training provider Common Council of the City of London.
The apprenticeship training will be delivered via face-to-face training session at the Guildhall London EC2V 7HH on a biweekly basis.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
About this company
The school was founded in Brixton in 1854 to provide an education for the orphaned children of the City of London before moving to the present site, Ashtead Park, in 1926. We have a magnificent site with modern buildings alongside the original Main House set in a stunning 57 acres of parkland. This idyllic setting further supports the wellbeing of our students and staff, as being here, in the park, makes coming to work a pleasure. It looks striking in every season, and we are lucky to have a vast array of wildlife living in our woods. Today, Freemen’s is an independent day and boarding school for students aged 7-18, with a strong ethos of community and service in accordance with the values on which the school was founded. We are proudly co-educational and have been since 1854, which was radical at the time, and we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible with our forward-thinking, progressive approach. It is the sister school of the City of London School and the City of London School for Girls, which are both independent single-gender schools located within the City of London itself. All three schools receive funding from the City of London Corporation.
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Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, we aim to offer a permanent role within the team if a position is available. Alternatively, we shall endeavour to secure an alternative position within the City of London Corporation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277618.
Apply now
Closes in 5 days (Thursday 10 October)
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Company’s application instructions
Please apply online and ensure that you answer the questions in the Recruitment Information Pack - please include your answers in the supporting information section of the application form. We are unable to accept curriculum Vitae (CVs)