Apprentice Administrator

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton Council invites applications for a permanent Business Administration apprenticeship within the Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages team. This role sits in Corporate Resources and offers hands-on learning while contributing to a key civic service.

You will gain practical admin experience, prepare certificates, handle ceremony bookings and support the Registration Service. You must not already hold a Level 3 in Business Administration and will progress on successful completion.

Qualifications

• Level 2 qualification or 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English.
• Must not already hold a Level 3 qualification in Business Administration or a similar subject.

Responsibilities

• Assist Registrars team with a range of duties including preparing copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.
• Make ceremony bookings and perform general administration for the Registration Service.

Skills

Good communication

Organised

Attention to detail

IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Education

Level 2 qualification or 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths & English

Job description

Grade B scp 4 £25,185 to scp 6 £25,989 pay award pending

Contract: permanent

Hours: 37 per week

Essential qualification: A full level 2 qualification: e.g., Level 2 Apprenticeship, NVQ or equivalent or 5 GCSEs A*-C (4-9) - which must include GCSE Maths and English (4-9, or A*-C) or level 2 functional skills.

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: [e-mail]

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to gain experience in a busy team, whilst also working towards a Business Administration apprenticeship qualification. This role sits within the Corporate Resources directorate and involves supporting the Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages team. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who looking to start their career and learn at the same time, whilst supporting a key service of Bolton Council.

You will be part of the administration team, who support the Registrars team, and assist them in a range of key duties, such as preparing copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates, making ceremony bookings and general administration duties relating to the Registration Service.

The successful candidate will undertake a Business Administration apprenticeship alongside this role and as such you must not already hold a level 3 qualification (or higher) in Business Administration or a similar subject. On successful completion of the apprenticeship programme and subject to management review, you would progress into an Administrator Grade C position.

About You

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and eager to learn. You must have a flexible approach to work and be keen apply your developing skills and knowledge to a varied and interesting role. You will need to have good communication skills and be organised as well as demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail. The successful candidate must be confident with IT, including Microsoft Office.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

• discounts
• exclusive gym membership prices
• salary sacrifice schemes
• generous annual leave allowance
• flexible work opportunities
• access to a Pension Scheme
• range of employee wellbeing and support services

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [e-mail]