Business Administration Apprenticeship

LMP Group; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational organization in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a School Administrator to join their team. You will act as the first point of contact, ensuring a smooth communication flow with visitors, parents, and students. This role provides an opportunity to gain a level 3 qualification while accumulating valuable administrative experience. The position requires working Monday to Friday during term time, with a pay rate starting at £7.55 per hour, increasing after one year if over 19 years old.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative roles is an advantage.
• Capable of managing communication effectively.
• Able to maintain a tidy and organized reception area.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for the Academy.
• Ensure the safety and security of the Academy.
• Answer telephones and take messages.
• Communicate with parents/carers regarding student life.
• Sort and deliver packages and mail.
• Organize school supplies like milk and fruit deliveries.
• Update the academy diary/calendar.

Skills

Business Administration level 3

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Team working

Initiative

Maths and English GCSE level A-C (4-9) or functional skills equivalent

Education

Business Administration level 3

Job description

At Academy Transformation Trust (ATT), our ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called "the Great Conversation." An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for the Academy
• Always ensure the safety and security of the Academy, monitoring all entry/exit cameras
• Answering the telephones and taking messages
• Communicating with parents/carers on all aspects of student's Academy life, taking messages and forwarding to relevant members of staff
• Receive, sort and deliver all packages and mail
• Organise and send post when and where necessary
• Sign in and out visitors
• Ensure safeguarding procedures are followed by visitors to reception at all times
• Ensure the reception area is consistently kept smart and tidy
• Ensure the academy diary/calendar is updated and events shared with relevant people
• Support in producing letters and certificates
• Coordinate rewards material (such as certificates, post cards, letters) and distribute to relevant staff
• Order school milk and fruit and check delivery
• Follow instructions and complete tasks given
• Undertake first day calling for absent pupils and update the register
• Sign in late pupils and update the register including reason for lateness
• Collate late slips and identify parents who need to be contacted

Qualifications & Skills

• Business Administration level 3
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Maths and English GCSE level A-C (4-9) or functional skills equivalent

LMP Group Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE Contract Beck Row Primary Academy are looking for a school administrator to join their busy team. This is a great opportunity to gain a level 3 qualification whilst obtaining valuable office experience. You will be the first point of contact for any visitor, parent/carer or student coming into the Academy.

Working week Monday to Friday term time only 37 hours per week. Wage £7.55 per hour. Wage increases to National Minimum Wage after 12 months if over 19 years old.