Apprentice Reception & Operations Assistant
MOGERS DREWETT SERVICES LIMITED
Wells, BA5 1FD
Closes in 23 days (Monday 14 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 September 2024
Contents
Summary
Providing and facilitating a face to face and telephone support service to colleagues, clients and professional contacts of the business.
- Annual wage
- £19,000 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 09.00 - 17.30.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 15 October
- Duration
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1 Year 9 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
- Meet & greet our clients and professional contacts at reception.
- Copy and verify client identification documents.
- Ensure the reception area looks professional and promotes quality at all times.
- Offer and make every client and/or professional contact a drink on arrival into reception.
- Ensure all phone calls are answered professionally and within 3 rings.
- Take messages and ensure they are immediately passed on or emailed to the appropriate person.
- Notify appropriate people when another member of staff is not in the office and ensure an out of office is on their email account and phone calls are diverted to another member of the team.
- Liaising with external telephone answering support service
Conscious of GDPR regulations and not leaving client information out on the Reception desk or discussing client information loudly when on the phone / in person. - Manage room bookings and car parking.
- Taxi and travel bookings when required.
- Coordinate and publish daily sign in communication sheets.
- Any other ad hoc duties that may arise within the business support department.
- Supporting other teams when required.
- Building maintenance point of contact.
- 1st response to troubleshooting and day-to-day problem solving for SOS (Case Management system) and IT issues in conjunction with Operations Director and / or IT support providers.
- 1st response to troubleshooting and day-to-day problem solving for facilities (phones, photocopiers etc.) in conjunction with Operations Director.
- Reception
- Assist in ensuring Health and Safety procedures are maintained throughout the office.
- Providing admin support for internal teams if cover is required.
- Open Reception and meeting rooms before Reception cover first thing in the morning.
Where you’ll work
Bishopbrook House
Cathedral Avenue
Wells
BA5 1FD
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
INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES LIMITED
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- You will have a tutor session every 4-6 weeks throughout this apprenticeship.
- Some sessions will be conducted face to face, the tutor will come to you at work to facilitate this, other sessions will take place over Teams calls, one to one with your tutor, whilst you are at work.
- The last 3-months of this apprenticeship you will be put forward for your End Point Assessment, where you will have to produce some written work, a project, and a presentation to show your competence in this standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Mathematics & English (grade 9-4 (A*-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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Personable & polite
- Discreet & professional
- Fantastic phone manner
- Positive & friendly
- Adaptability
Other requirements
Essential requirements • Presentable at all times with a polite and warm manner. • Calm, discreet and professional . • Ability to adapt to different clients and being sensitive to their situations. • Fantastic telephone manner. • Comfortable with telephone systems and other IT systems. • Fantastic time management and keeping to deadlines. • Attention to detail. • Willingness to work as part of a team. • Highly organised with strong administrative skills. • Strong interpersonal and rapport building skills. • Good IT skills and an aptitude to learn new technologies. • A positive, helpful and client focused attitude. • Comfortable using the telephone and face-to-face interactions. • Able to learn new IT technologies
About this company
We are a leading Southwest legal and financial planning firm that takes pride in building long term client relationships with a strong reputation thanks to our exceptional people. From our offices in Bath, Frome, Sherborne and Wells we offer expert, straight forward, and comprehensive advice across a range of legal and financial services for both individuals and businesses. Our people are passionate about what they do and so whether you are starting a business, need help to resolve a dispute, planning your retirement or looking to put a tax efficient Will in place you can be sure you’re in safe hands.
After this apprenticeship
- We will retain you at the end of apprenticeship. Nothing formally in place beyond that. Personal and professional development discussed on individual level.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES LIMITED
Linsay Marie Narborough
Linsay.Narborough@intecbusinesscolleges.co.uk
01788514276
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278213.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 14 October at 11:59pm)
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