Business and Customer Service Apprenticeship

WARDEN AGRI LTD

Boston, PE22 8HQ

Closes in 15 days (Monday 6 January at 11:59pm)

Posted on 9 December 2024


Summary

This role will be working closely with Warden Agri’s Operations Manager, learning about the business from the ground up. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual that has a willingness to learn and grow with the business. As a small team of 6, this role will include learning about our customers, transport and logistics.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 20 January

Duration

1 year

Positions available

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

  • Answering the office phone
  • Recording jobs in cie trade - our job management software that integrates into our Finance software Xero
  • Organising the office
  • Helping with transport and logistics

Where you’ll work

Grange Farm

Midville

Stickney

Boston

PE22 8HQ

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

BOSTON COLLEGE

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Your training plan

Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • The Business and Customer Service Apprenticeship will take you one year to complete, and is accomplished in the workplace
  • You will be expected to attend Boston College at least once a month where you will receive one-to-one support from your assessor and functional skills tutors
  • You will be assessed using a variety of different methods including observation, professional discussion and production of written evidence

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

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
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Good timekeeping
  • Telephone skills
  • Willing to learn
  • Common sense
  • Good interpersonal skills

Other requirements

Warden Agri (Grange Farm) is in a remote location not on a bus route. Potential applicants should consider how they would get to their place of work.

About this company

Warden Agri is a family run business focusing on residue and by-product management. We enable businesses to achieve their CSR targets and save money by diverting branded product & manufacturing food waste from landfill into the renewable energy sector. We specialise in damaged, compromised, contaminated and tainted products.

http://www.wardenagri.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity to progress to Operations Assistant

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BOSTON COLLEGE

Suzanne Davison

Apprenticeships@boston.ac.uk

01205313238

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000291099.

Apply now

Closes in 15 days (Monday 6 January at 11:59pm)

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