Business Support Apprentice

**Ref: SCH-EPT-0323**
18 day(s) remaining

**Establishment**: Education Partnership Trust

**Location**: Education Partnership Trust

**Salary**: 7.55 (Apprentice Wage)

**Department**: Administration

**Job Type**: Full Time

**Closing Date**: 23/02/2025 21:00

**Interview Date**: 05/03/2025

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Additional Information**

**Contract Type**:Apprentice

**Contract Term**:AYR - All year round

**Hours per Week**:37.00

**Weeks per Year**:52.143

**Pay Grade**:Apprentice

**The Role**

**The Job**:

- To provide receptionist duties under the direction of the Central Team.
- To provide administrative support under the direction of the Central Team.
- To contribute to the effective and efficient running of the office.
- Assisting the Central Team with all aspects of the development and effective operation of the support functions within the Trust.
- Completing administrative routines relating to orders, invoices, and the receipt and distribution of goods and services.
- Assist the Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager as required in the areas of Facility & Property Management and Health & Safety Management.

**What are the job requirements?**
- 5 GCSE’s grades 5 to 9 including English and Maths.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook including Office 365.
- Excellent organisation skills and the ability to work with tight deadlines
- Willing to develop knowledge and experience
- Flexible approach to changing work tasks

At the Education Partnership Trust, our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We are united by our three key values:
High Expectations
- of ourselves, our pupils and our school community

Commitment
- we are dedicated to raising standards and improving opportunities

Ambition
- we constantly strive to improve by setting ourselves challenging goals

All of the schools within the Education Partnership Trust are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children, young people and professionals in the education sector.

Our schools all have access to the central services and support provided by the trust. Where schools are not good or outstanding, the EPT will facilitate a high quality and bespoke package of support. For our good and outstanding schools we encourage and facilitate continued development. There is an expectation that they will engage in delivering school to school support for their own benefit and the benefit of other schools in the trust.

For more information about the Trust and our schools, please visit:
Our Schools - Education Partnership Trust

**Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include**:

- Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
- 6 sessions of free counselling including CBT, wellbeing and bereavement.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Access to government pension schemes.
- Free parking.
- Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
- Training, mentoring and progression opportunities including our Emerging Leaders programmes.
- Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources.

**Benefits**

**Other**
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Trust Wide Intranet for Shared Resources
- Simply Health Cash Back Benefits

Safeguarding Information

The Education Partnership Trust is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

**Education Partnership Trust**

Pleckgate Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 8QA

Helen Appleby