Business Administrator Apprentice

Job Title

Business Administrator Apprentice

Job Description

Role location: Farnborough, Hampshire

Contract Type: 18 month fixed term with potential to extend

Start date: July 2025 preferred

Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

In this role, you have the opportunity to make life better

In this role, you have the opportunity to develop general office support and business administration skills and simultaneously gaining a level 3 Apprenticeship in Business Administration. You will develop a highly transferable set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that can be applied in all sectors, and will support your own progression towards office management responsibilities.

You are responsible for

• General administrative tasks including supporting the smooth operation of the office.
• Agenda Management & Diary Management where required.
• Support the organization of meetings, conferences, events etc.
• Handle mail, scanning, processing. Arrange travel plans including hotels, coordinate where required.
• Maintain databases.
• Ensure tenders documents have the required wet signatures and are returned to meet demanding deadlines.
• Support the Operations Excellence Managers with retained tasks from the GBS transition.
• Cheque administration and invoicing.
• Book Meeting Rooms.
• Support the credentialing processes for field based staff.
• Raise Purchase Orders.
• Support the Company administration of processing Expenses.
• Support other administrators during holidays and sickness as required.
• Provide flexibility with supporting other activities as necessary that will support Managers.

You are a part of

a highly supportive office administration team and you will report to the General Management Executive Assistant.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Level 2 English and Maths or be happy to acquire this before your end point assessment.
• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written.
• MS Office Suite skills (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.).
• Attention to detail.
• Flexible approach to a variety of stakeholders and tasks.
• Manage a varied workload during the working day.
• Initiative and drive to succeed.
• Diplomacy due to sensitive nature of some tasks.

In return, we offer you

The opportunity to gain a recognised level 3 qualification in Business Administration from an accredited training provider, as well as the opportunity to work for an international leader in the healthtech industry, whilst earning a market related apprenticeship salary of £17,000 / annum (including an incentive payment, 25 days of paid holiday plus bank holidays). If you are determined to be successful we will support you and your career development. There are no wrong questions at Philips and we challenge our employees to ask and learn. Philips is rapidly evolving which creates an exciting and vibrant work environment.

Recruitment Process:

• Please submit a detailed CV as well as a motivational statement which outlines why the Business Support Administrator Apprenticeship at Philips is of interest to you.
• Please note all applicants will be required to attend an interview with our training provider in addition to an interview with the Philips Apprentice Recruiter.
• You will then be invited to an in person interview at our office in Farnborough.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

• Learn more about our business here.
• Discover our rich and exciting history here.
• Learn more about our purpose here.

About Philips UKI

In the UK, we are recognised as a Disability Confident employer and are proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant & Mental Health at Work Commitment. We welcome all applicants including those from minority backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ and individuals living with a disability.

Because we are at our best when you are, you can safely share any reasonable tools or adjustments needed during our recruitment process and beyond.

For more information, read our Inclusion and Diversity Policy and, to know more about your Human Rights, we encourage you to view this report.