Business Administrator Apprentice - Level 3
An opportunity to join an award-winning Financial Services company with plenty of career potential has just landed!
Our Client
Join an established team in a supporting role to deliver excellent client service, and learn more about the financial services profession. For the right, focussed, candidate, the company offers a professional career path in financial services, having proven this with a previous apprentice who achieved being runner-up for 'Apprentice of the Year'.
The role:
Possible start date: ASAP
Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm
Total working hours: 40
What you will do in your working day:
As there will be a great deal of client contact, both in the office and particularly on the phone.
Assistance will be given with prioritising work, but one of the key qualities of the job is to demonstrate initiative.
Duties include:
- Liaising with product providers to obtain quotations, etc.
- Assisting Senior Administrators in the preparation of reports, etc.
- Some technical research of products
- Database management
- Data Entry
- Answering telephone
- Greeting clients on arrival at office
- Typing
- Filing, photocopying and faxing
- Scanning documents for computer storage
- Co-ordinating post and mail, both in and out
- Liaising with other external organisations
- Monitoring the management's diary, making appointments, running a reminder system
- Other general office duties.
- Directly reporting to Senior Administrators and Management
The training you will receive:
- Level 3 Business Administration qualification
- All training is undertaken online, through a combination of self-paced eLearning and live online classes
- Functional skills in English & maths if required
Future prospects:
This is a good opportunity for someone who shows 'initiative and capability to 'move up the ranks' as the company grows and more advisers and support staff are recruited.
Qualifications required:
GCSE or equivalent English (Grade A* - C 9/4) - Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade A* - C 9/4) - Essential
Personal Skills required:
The suitable person should be literate and comfortable with numbers, although there will not be any complicated calculations, etc. He/she should be well organised and reliable. The candidate will have good typing skills, with excellent spelling and grammar. The candidate should have good experience with the use of computers, and software including MS Word, Excel, etc.
Personal Qualities:
The ideal candidate will be smart and presentable, have an excellent telephone manner.
Given the high profile that we enjoy, it is vital that the candidate has a lively personality and good inter-personal skills to maintain our good reputation.
A keen willingness to learn is essential.
The apprenticeship:
Qualification: Business Administration Level 3
Duration: 15 months
