Business Administrator Apprentice
St. Barnabas CofE Primary School
Worcester, WR3 8NZ
Closes in 6 days (Friday 11 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 September 2024
Contents
Summary
We are offering the opportunity to work at Worcestershire's Primary School of the Year as part of our experienced and expanding Office Team. We have had great success previously through a Business Apprenticeship and are now in a position to offer this exciting opportunity again, to the right candidate.
- Annual wage
- £15,000 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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9:00am - 3:30pm Monday to Friday; term time only plus 5 teaching training days.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 21 October
- Duration
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1 Year 8 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
- Day to day office duties such as managing queries, deliveries, site visitors or administration by phone, e-mail or letter within office team
- All admin, front of house and office-based tasks including the managing of confidential pupil and staff information
- Support with day-to-day financial duties such as making, entering and managing regular orders and deliveries for wraparound care, office and admin and other school supplies
- Managing daily orders of pupil milk and fruit
- Full use of Mercury E5 systems to include setting up framework orders; creating purchase orders, managing, checking and paying invoices (under supervision)
- Support with budget setting and monitoring
- Weekly food orders
- Preparation of invoices for pre-school parents (under supervision)
- Preparation of peripatetic music lesson invoices
- Upkeep of School Fund accounts
- Regular banking of cash
- Upkeep of Pupil Premium spending records
- Upkeep of furniture, asset management and contracts registers
- Stock checks under supervision of finance administrator and/or site manager
- Efficient use of Mercury E5 (finance), i-Trent, SIMS, Microsoft office sharepoint and ParentMail systems
- Strong admin skills including eg Excel, spreadsheets, word
Where you’ll work
Green Lane
Worcester
WR3 8NZ
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
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
You will also work towards achieving a Level 3 qualification in Business Administration at Heart of Worcestershire College, with full support from the school.
More training information
Training will consist of 1 day a month at college and weekly meetings online and in person.
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
The Apprentice will be trained to Level 3 City & Guilds in Business Administration. There may be opportunities for future career progression within the team of 5 staff. Mental Agility, Emotional Intelligence, integrity and empathy are really important attributes needed for the role.
About this company
St. Barnabas delivers a broad and engaging curriculum and promotes a whole school Christian value every half term, which is rooted in theology. The school was awarded best primary school in Worcester at this years Educational Awards.
https://st-barnabas-primary.worcs.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- HR
- Office Manager
- Business Owner
- Data Clerk
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Sue Portsmouth
sportsmouth@howcollege.ac.uk
07894 546015
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278786.
Apply now
Closes in 6 days (Friday 11 October at 11:59pm)
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