School Business Administration Apprentice

**Business Administrator Apprenticeship**:
**Arnold Lodge School has a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, keen apprentice to join their friendly and supportive team.**:
A Business Administration Apprenticeship allows for participation in the day-to-day running of a business, forming the cornerstone of a workplace. This apprenticeship provides transferable skills including administration, communication, IT and customer service, which can be utilised across a broad spectrum of future roles.

**General Front Office Duties**
- To be the first point of contact for all visitors and communication into the school
- Ensure required sign in procedures are adhered to by all visitors to the school
- Welcome all visitors to the school, providing refreshments where required
- Ensure the procedure for late pupil arrivals and early pupil departures are adhered to
- Deal with telephone calls to the school ensuring messages are passed to relevant members of staff in a timely manner
- Process outgoing post on a daily basis, maintaining the school franking machine and ensuring post and parcels are sent out in a timely manner
- To provide register support for the daily registers
- Support and assist with the event organisation for parent's meetings prior to and during events
- A presence at all key Arnold Lodge events

**Business Support**
- Data management to include the updating and cleansing of contact details and school data for pupils and parents
- To support with all uniform fittings for current pupils and new joiners
- To provide support with coach bookings for trips and Evolve queries
- Prepare letters, reports and other notes and correspondence as required
- Produce school certificates such as sports and pupil awards
- Support with the Census when required
- Provide administrative support to the school as required
- To provide cover for other colleagues in the Operations team when required
- Observe a code of strictest confidentiality at all times

**Skills**
- Highly ICT literate and knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office
- Organised, self-motivated and able to work independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- To maintain confidentiality in all matters

**Personal Qualities**
- A ‘can do’ and helpful attitude
- Ability to work flexibility
- Be prepared to support other wider school functions
- Willingness to take on additional training
- A professional manner
- Flexible with an excellent work ethic
- A sense of humour and a positive attitude

**Qualifications**
- GCSE Maths and English A-C
- Qualified First Aider would be advantageous

**Benefits Provided by Employer**:

- Opportunities to work with experts from a range of disciplines.
- Pension Scheme
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Group Life Assurance
- Free food during term time
- Bike 2 Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Company Sick Pay

**Future Prospect**:Possibility of a substantive position on completion of apprenticeship.

**Benefits Provided by Training Provider**:

- Bespoke work-based tuition and additional learning support where necessary.
- Access to TOTUM student discount.
- Access to Life and Progress employee support programme which includes: Health and wellbeing support, Around-the-clock support, and Confidential counselling.

**Training to be provided**:
Training for this qualification will be provided by ourselves at SCCU Group, an Ofsted good training provider. Our tuition is all delivered in the workplace and bespoke to your particular role. Dependent on the learner's prior knowledge.
- Business Administration Level 3 Standard, 18 months practical with an additional 2 months End Point Assessment period.
- Functional Skills in Maths, English, and ICT (if required).

**Working Week and Hours**:37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday).

**Salary**:£11.44 per hour

**Address**:Arnold Lodge School

15-17 Kenilworth Road

Leamington Spa

CV32 5TW

**Start date**:September 2024

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02476 936 969