Business Support Apprentice

Polaris Inc.; Swindon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent technology research organization in Swindon is seeking Business Support Apprentices to provide administrative support within teams. Responsibilities include high-quality administrative assistance, managing relationships, and contributing to the peer review process. Applicants should have GCSEs in Maths and English and exhibit strong written communication, planning, and organisational skills. The role offers professional development and training opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C/4 or higher or equivalent.
• Strong written communication evident in application materials.
• Excellent planning, organisational and time management abilities.
• Proactive team member with problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage change and work flexibly.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality administrative support to teams.
• Assist with arranging meetings and peer review processes.
• Monitor information and collate reporting materials.
• Support corporate projects as required.

Skills

Written communication skills

Planning and organisational skills

Time management skills

Teamwork and initiative

Adaptability and flexibility

Proficiency in Microsoft packages

Education

Two GCSE passes at Grade C/4 or above in Maths and English

Job description

The broad purpose of the roles is to provide administrative support to one or more teams in our office in Swindon. The roles will be wide-ranging and include opportunities for providing administrative support within the post holder's respective team. You will work closely with other business support colleagues as well as wider team members in a supportive and collaborative environment to contribute to team objectives, where development and continuous improvement is encouraged and supported.

Your role will involve building and managing relationships with senior colleagues, arranging and supporting meetings and playing a key role in the delivery of the peer review process. You will deliver effective support that underpins the delivery teams and supports our wider objectives by ensuring that operations are carried out in an efficient and effective manner in a way that maximises benefit to the whole organisation.

Responsibilities

As a member of these teams, your role will be to provide support with the following:

• High quality administrative support to one or more teams in our office in Swindon, using meeting scheduling systems and processes, document management structures, and internal standard operating procedures
• Support and help to deliver our process of peer review using our computer systems
• Funding Opportunity support, including webinars and answering queries
• Information monitoring and collation of reporting materials, briefings and document management
• Corporate projects/activities as required

What you will learn

You will undertake professional development and training as part of a cohort of apprentices. We are offering two routes for this apprenticeship, Level 3 Business Administrator apprentices will complete their apprenticeship with New College Swindon, over 18-21 months. The first 15-18 months are the 'practical period' where you will learn through a combination of on-and-off-the-job training with New College Swindon and EPSRC to develop and implement the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. Candidates will be required to attend a blend of in-person and virtual facilitated workshops during the practical period.

In the final 3 months of your programme you will undertake and lead on a work-based improvement project, deliver a presentation on this project, undertake a Knowledge Test and a professional discussion underpinned by a work-based portfolio as part of the End Point Assessment.

Level 3 Data Technician

Level 3 Data Technician apprentices will complete their apprenticeship with Babington Business College over 17 months. The first 14 months are the 'practical period' where you will learn through a combination of on-and-off-the-job training with Babington Business College and EPSRC to develop and implement the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. Candidates will attend a combination of virtual workshops and online learning/coaching/mentoring sessions during the practical period.

In the final 3 months of our programme you will undertake two scenario-based demonstrations in addition to a professional discussion, underpinned by a work-based portfolio as part of the End Point Assessment.

Qualifications

• Two GCSE passes at Grade C/4 or above in Maths and English (or equivalent qualifications)
• Excellent written communication skills as evidenced through your Covering Letter and CV.
• Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work as a proactive team member, using your initiative to deal with problems and overcome challenges in order to deliver the team's activities.
• Ability to manage change and work in an adaptable and flexible manner.
• A sound knowledge of Microsoft packages, editing and document presentation skills.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

About EPSRC

EPSRC is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. We invest over £850 million a year in a broad range of subjects from mathematics to materials science and from information technology to structural engineering. EPSRC is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the largest public sector funder of research and innovation, with an annual budget of over £8bn and including 7 research councils. You can find out more about UKRI via: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/about-uk-research-and-innovation/our-organisation/

About the Roles

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have a number of interesting, diverse and challenging Business Support Apprenticeship roles to be based within our Delivery Support and Administrative Support Teams.