Apprentice Administration Assistant

**Risk & Compliance Apprentice Administrator**
- As the Apprentice will need to travel between our offices in Christchurch and Ringwood a driving licence is essential

**Future Prospects**

**The Law Practice**
- Large Law firm providing legal services across a range of different areas such as Family, DR, Conveyancing, Wills & Tax, Corporate and Commercial and more

**The Position**

The apprentice will be sat with the Compliance and Risk Manager in Christchurch. However, when travelling to Ringwood, we will be sat with the Commercial Property team with 5 other staff members.
- Undertaking compliance file reviews and liaising with staff regarding corrective action
- Updating and maintaining central registers (e.g. file reviews, breaches)
- Unblocking files
- Assisting with complaints handling process
- Assisting with the firm’s data breach process
- Drafting communications for review that have been dictated by the Compliance and Risk Manager
- Assisting the Compliance and Risk Manager with ad-hoc projects and tasks

**IMPORTANT**

**Desired skills**
- **A local commute essential**:

- **4-9 grades English and maths GCSE's**:

- **Driving Licence**:

- Confident with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage reception in conjunction with other administration duties
- Good attention to detail
- Good working knowledge of ICT packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Ability to demonstrate or gain a clear understanding of the firm’s in-house systems where training will be given
- Excellent presentation, organisation and timekeeping skills
- Awareness of confidentiality and safeguarding
- The ability to use own initiative, be able to work individually as well as part of a team
- Must be well-presented with a clear, pleasant telephone manner
- Good organisational skills
- Good client care skills

**Personal qualities**
- Well presented and polite
- Ability to take the initiative
- Confident at dealing with people at all levels
- Reliable and adaptable
- Willingness to take on challenges and to push oneself further
- Motivated and keen to learn new skills

**Training to be provided**

Course Content:

- Utilising IT programs and software
- Decision making
- Managing a quality service
- Project management
- Understanding the organisation and stakeholders
- Relevant regulations and policies
- Business fundamentals
- Professionalism and performance management

**You will complete the Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard.**
- This Apprenticeship will involve off the job training.
- You will also develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
- You need to have an employer to support your Apprenticeship and be employed in a relevant job role.
- The typical length of this Apprenticeship course is 18 months.
- This course has multiple start dates throughout the year

Apprenticeship information

Business Administration | Gateway Website (gatewaytrainingconsortium.co.uk)

**Things to consider**
- Please have a CV prepared on a word document
- Vacancy is for an immediate start, please consider this if you are still in education.
- PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE EMPLOYER DIRECTLY
- The closure dates are for a guideline only and the vacancy may close prior to the dates advertised. How far do you live from the business and please detail how long it will take to travel?

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £16,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- The following qualifications are required for this Apprenticeship.

Do you hold English and maths GCSE grades 4-9
- When did you leave education?
- A local commute is essential to be considered for this position.

How far do you live from Christchurch and how long would it take to travel?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/07/2025
Expected start date: 28/07/2025