Graduate Apprentice: Earn a Degree in Business Management

DYWICH; Inverness; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Affric Ltd. in Inverness invites applications for a Graduate Apprenticeship in Business Management and Office Administration.

You will join a team delivering environmental consultancy services while enrolled on a degree program with SCQF Level 10. The role covers general administration, facilities, IMS/ISO compliance, finance and reporting, with hands-on experience across project support, procurement and client liaison.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 SQA Highers at C or above.
• Minimum of 2 A Levels at C or above.
• Modern Apprenticeship in Business Administration.
• Foundation Apprenticeship in Business Skills plus 1 Higher at C.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding of new staff, including preparing induction materials as required.
• Manage incoming calls, emails, and enquiries, ensuring timely and professional responses and allocation to appropriate team members.
• Maintain office calendars, internal meeting invites and schedules, team training register and room bookings.
• Assist with data entry, record keeping, and maintaining accurate data in company systems.
• Organise Internal Team Training.
• Take regular inventory & order stationary, paper, printer ink, kitchen & bathroom supplies.
• Undertake office admin activities to facilitate smooth operations (filing, digitisation, shredding etc).
• Support project delivery as requested including for example set up of templates and undertaking quality assurance checks of document formatting.
• Meeting support: agenda, presentation, minute and action tracker preparation.
• Oversee client enquiries and allocate to the team as required via the enquiries process.
• Track team actions & update of the IMS improvement log.
• Administration and maintenance of the companies IMS system to ISO Standards ensuring reviews are carried out as required and version control is maintained.
• Identify and support improvements to the IMS.
• Build new workflows for IMS as required.
• Carry out the company Internal Audit process to ISO Standards, and feedback results to the team/management team (once qualified to do so).
• Arrange and coordinate the preparations for external audits of the IMS.
• New project set up including electronic files, timesheet tasks, QuickBooks project products and services, etc.
• Support internal processes such as procurement, expense tracking.
• Provide Purchase Orders, record Incoming invoices and expenses.
• Assist with budget tracking and financial reporting.
• Reconcile Company Credit Cards monthly.
• Support Staff with reports from Timesheet system as required.
• Provide a welcoming first point of contact for visitors, clients, and partners.
• Support event coordination, workshops, and internal communications.
• Maintain positive relationships with external partners and suppliers.

Education

SQA Highers

A Levels

Modern Apprenticeship in Business Administration

Foundation Apprenticeship in Business Skills

Higher qualification

Tools

QuickBooks

Job description

Affric Ltd. in Inverness invites applications for a Graduate Apprenticeship in Business Management and Office Administration.

You will join a team delivering environmental consultancy services while enrolled on a degree program with SCQF Level 10. The role covers general administration, facilities, IMS/ISO compliance, finance and reporting, with hands-on experience across project support, procurement and client liaison.