Administration Apprentice

Park Grove Primary Academy; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programme

Free parking

Job summary

Park Grove Primary Academy invites applications for an Apprentice Business Administrator. You will support the school office, delivering friendly service to staff and families while learning essential IT skills.

The role runs for two years as an apprenticeship programme with a Level 3 Business Administration qualification, typically 30 hours per week during term time.

Qualifications

• Must have four GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths or equivalent.
• Commitment to safeguarding and a positive role model.
• Excellent customer service and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support the school office with administration duties.
• Learn new IT skills and processes to provide excellent service.
• Represent the school professionally to staff, students and visitors.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Time management

Communication

Education

Four GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English and Maths

Job description

Apprentice Administrator

Location: Park Grove Primary

Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday - Thursday with apprentice time on a Friday. Exact work hours TBC. To be worked during the school term time

Salary: £20,932 - £24,521

Actual Salary: £14,687 - £17,205

This is a fixed term position throughout the duration of the apprenticeship.

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to delivery this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to welcome an Apprentice Business Administrator to our friendly and dedicated team.

We are looking for someone with a passion for excellent customer service and a desire to learn and develop a career in this field.

As an Apprentice Business Administrator you will be required to support the school office with administration duties. You will learn new IT skills and processes allowing you and the rest of the team to provide an excellent service to the school.

As an apprentice you will be supported on a 2 year apprenticeship programme and learn both on and off the job in order to achieve a professional L3 Business Administration Qualification.

The Job Requirements

The successful candidate will be able to work well within a team, will be keen to learn and develop within this role, undertaking and learning many new skills which will become transferable across many of the different tasks that you will play a key part in.

Essential to this role is the ability to manage your time well, to be a team player and have excellent communication skills.

You will need to be committed to keeping all our children safe and being a positive role model.

Applicants should have at last four GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including English and Maths (or equivalent L2 qualification) however where applicants do no include English and Maths, support can be provided to achieve the qualification prior to completion of the Apprenticeship.

It is important to note applicants from those with an existing L3 qualification within this field cannot be accepted.

Working at Ebor Academy Trust

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experience a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassign, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represent society as a whole. All applicants for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practises and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. Please see the Trust's Recruitment Policy for further information.