School Office Administrator Apprentice
Ainslie Wood Primary School
London, E4 9DD
Closes in 14 days (Saturday 5 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 September 2024
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Summary
An exciting opportunity to join our busy, supportive, & friendly team as a school office administrator. It's the perfect step to gain valuable knowledge & experience within business admin, whilst working towards a recognised qualification. You'll provide general clerical, administrative & financial support as part of a varied and interesting role.
- Annual wage
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£22,635 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
(£13.47 per hour)
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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0830 - 1630 Monday to Friday (Term time only)
1 hour lunch break (unpaid)
36 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 1 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
Under the direction/supervision of senior staff to provide routine general clerical, administrative and financial support to the school.
- Key external contacts - parent, suppliers, local authority officers
- Key internal contacts - School business manager, staff, pupils, supply teachers
- Undertake reception duties, answering routine telephone calls and face to face enquiries
- Signing in visitors
- Assist with pupil first aid/welfare duties, looking after sick pupils, liaising with parents/staff
- Assisting with arrangements for visits by school nurse, photographer etc.
- Provide routine clerical support, eg: photocopying, filing, faxing, emailing, complete routine forms
- Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems
- Undertake typing, word-processing, and other IT based tasks
- Sort and distribute mail
- General routine administration, eg: registers/school meals
- Operate office equipment
- Arrange orderly and secure storage of supplies
- Undertake routine financial administration, eg: collect and record dinner money
- Be aware of and comply with policies and prcedures realing to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
- Be aware of and support difference, and ensure equal opportunities for all
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
- To have an up to date, enhanced DBS Disclosure (if successful, we will assist with this)
Where you’ll work
Ainslie Wood School
140 Ainslie Wood Road
London
E4 9DD
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
DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- In addition to gaining practical experience in the role, you will also attain an NVQ 3 Business Admin qualification which will help start your career and give you an insight into the business processes and procedures
- Our training is all completed remotely via teams with a development coach who will be available for support 24/7
- You receive 20% off the job training during this Apprenticeship which is included in your weekly working hours
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English and 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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Time management
- Verbal & written communication
- Work under pressure
- Work to deadlines
- Friendly and approachable
About this company
We believe that our school is a central point in our community and our children should be prepared to become valuable, contributing members of that community. We work to the principle that no one knows what anybody's full potential is and so we aim to just keep reaching higher and higher for everyone. We know that everyone is an individual and so we base everything we do on learning about individuals (children and adults), what they like, what they dislike, what they know and what they need to learn, and we try to provide them with exactly that. We know that learning should be engaging and fun and while we know that challenging learning is not always comfortable, it is always supported in a way which grows our skills and confidence.
https://www.ainsliewood.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Health and wellbeing programme through Care First. Employee Support. Training Opportunities through TES develop. Term time only working. Free Parking.
After this apprenticeship
Office Administrator role, career path to Senior Office Administrator, Office Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
Heather Duffield
heather@dbc-training.co.uk
07375919487
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278220.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Saturday 5 October at 11:59pm)
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