Apprenticeship - Business Administrator Support Apprentice

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College; Bristol; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College is offering an apprenticeship in business administration where you will provide essential support to the Social Care team. This role includes effective communication with staff and the public, administrative duties, and a chance to develop research skills.

The position is located at the Patchway Locality Hub in Bristol and includes formal training with the college. A full-time commitment of 37 hours a week is expected over a duration of 1 year and 6 months.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide administrative support effectively.
• Strong communication skills for responding to enquiries.
• Research skills for gathering and analyzing relevant information.

Responsibilities

• Act as a main point of contact for the service area.
• Provide administrative support to managers.
• Maintain and analyze records and data for accuracy.

Job description

You will deliver a comprehensive business and administrative support service to the Social Care team within the North Locality. You will play a key role in ensuring the team operates efficiently and in line with statutory requirements within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Salary will be discussed further at interview.

Training course

Business administrator (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday. Shifts TBC.

37 hours a week

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands‑on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

• Working alongside our experienced colleagues, you will act as a main point of contact for the service area, providing clear and effective communication when responding to enquiries and information requests.
• It will be your responsibility to provide administrative support to managers, ensuring that processes run efficiently and procedures are followed effectively. This will include tasks such as preparing and taking minutes for key meetings.
• You will have the opportunity to develop your research skills, gathering and analysing information relevant to your service area and collating evidence to support reports. This may also involve drafting sections of documents for use by colleagues.
• A key part of your role will involve collating, maintaining and analysing records and data, ensuring information is accurate, accessible and effectively interpreted from computerised systems.

Where you’ll work

Patchway Locality Hub

125 Rodway Road

Bristol

BS34 5PE

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

After this apprenticeship

Should a Hay‑graded role become available within the team or the wider council, the individual would be eligible to apply for internal roles.