Business Administrator Apprenticeship in Croydon

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join Oasis Academy Shirley Park. As a Business Admin Apprentice, you will gain many new skills to help you develop throughout the apprenticeship. If you are looking to start a career apply now!

Key Details

• Salary: £8.58 increasing to National Minimum Wage after 12 months
• Working hours: Monday – Friday (Shifts TBC)
• Term time only – 37 hours per week
• Location: Stroud Green Campus, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, - 47-49 Stroud Green Way, Croydon CR0 7BE
• Apprenticeship Details – 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Business Admin Level 3 Apprenticeship. (All learning is delivered online/remote).
• Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)

You will support coordination of reception and providing high quality customer care; ensure preparation and delivery of a high quality and timely reprographics service; support the Academy administration team in fulfilling a range of duties pertaining to the administrative support of the Academy.

The day to day duties will include:

• To respond to a range of routine written, telephone and ‘face to face’ enquiries from a variety of sources (internal/external) either directly or by referral;
• On an ad hoc basis, to compose, type and distribute routine and daily correspondence. In addition, to prepare more specialist/technical draft documents for approval as directed;
• Support the work of the Academy, under the management and direction of the PA to the Principal, SLT + Admissions Manager undertaking typing, data entry, texts, photocopying, printing, opening and sorting of incoming post, collation of documents; monitoring/ordering of stationery as required; preparation of outgoing post; and any other general tasks in support of the administrative services of the Academy;
• Support and promote an efficient attendance service for the Academy, facilitating a number of aspects in recording and supporting on Attendance;
• Assist with maintaining and updating SIMS database; producing reports; labels;
• Support the work of the Student Services and Website Communications Officer, undertaking shifts in the Student Information Centre to support staff and students;
• Promote safe working practices by employees and visitors in premises/work areas in which the postholder is located, to maintain a safe working environment;
• To work in compliance with Academy policies and legislative requirements, as relevant to the post;
• Answering main Academy switchboard incoming calls, transferring/taking messages where appropriate, checking switchboard messages at the beginning of and periodically throughout each day, re-routing messages as appropriate;
• Maintaining Academy main email account, forwarding on messages as appropriate; following up where needed to ensure an action is complete/contact made;
• Open and distribute all hard copy post/packages received by Royal Mail/courier;
• Prepare all outgoing mail with postage; ensure franking machine is kept in credit and that there is sufficient credit for each of the Academy holidays;
• Welcome and support visitors, ensuring signing in process is followed, identification badges issued, health and safety processes highlighted ie. Fire evacuation, mirroring the administrative team;
• Work together with the administrative team to ensure reception area is opened on time, with the area closing each afternoon when the reception is clear of guests; where visitors/guests are expected or are waiting, to support until such time as the required staff member is linked with the last visitor/guest of the day;
• Ensure reception is kept clean, tidy and presentable.

Desired skills & Personal qualities:

• GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• A positive approach to gaining further qualifications
• A team player
• Reliable, committed, and punctual

Desired qualifications:

• DBS must be completed if successful in the role

We are a co-educational, all-inclusive Primary Academy dedicated to transforming the lives of those within the community we serve. We have had an exciting journey to date. We are proud to walk through our halls and smile at our children and staff. It is within these walls that we see and will continue to see our young minds flourish and develop a life-long love for learning that we hope to instil in future cohorts to come. We are at the heart of an amazing community. A few minutes ride on the train into the centre of London.