Business Administration/Procurement Apprentice CLASS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD

To provide administrative support to the IT technicians whilst carrying out your own admin duties for schools that you are responsible for. This is an admin role, but the right person will be interested in the technical awareness that is needed to work in this sector. Role will include quotations, purchase orders, data entry.

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Closing date: 28 Apr 2023

Apprenticeship summary

  • Annual wage

    £15,000.00

  • Working week

    Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm with 1 hour unpaid lunch Total hours per week: 37.50

    Total hours per week: 37.5

  • Expected duration

    13 Months

  • Possible start date

    01 May 2023

  • Date posted

    15 Feb 2023

  • Apprenticeship level

    Advanced
    Level 3 (A level)

  • Reference number

    VAC1000133931

  • Positions

    1 available

What will the apprentice be doing?

Key tasks:

Quotations:

  • Contacting suppliers for quotation or use their online portals.
  • Quote at an appropriate margin and provide lead time.
  • Renewal quotations for Software and Hardware – (See Section 5 Renewals)

Purchasing

  • Create purchase order on Sage with customer address and providing supplier quote ref or bid ref.
  • Providing supplier with purchase order form and any additional information required.
  • Chase orders from back order report.
  • Contacting supplier and online searching for stock on backorders.
  • Contact customer and supplier to confirm delivery date.
  • Sage50:
  • Creating part numbers to add products to the system, making sure the product is in the correct categories and nominal codes.
  • Check pricing is correct before quotation and purchasing

Customer Services:

  • Arrange return merchandise authorisations, collections for incorrect  faulty products.
    Providing return merchandise authorisations details to customer.
  • Check the goods have been collected.
  • Chase up return merchandise authorisations with suppliers if credit note is not received.
  • Logistics:
  • Arrange collections from office and customer sites.

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

Full training will be given leading to a recognised Business Administration Apprenticeship Standard qualification, level 3.

Full on-the-job training will be delivered.

Off-the-job training will be supported by our Training Provider – Davidson Training UK Ltd.

You will also complete the Functional Skills in maths and English up to and including Level 2 (if you already do not hold the equivalent).

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

Full-time position to move forward with the company.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Customer care skills, Problem solving skills, Team working, Initiative, Good knowledge of MS Excel, Good knowledge of MS Word

Qualifications

GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 1-9 (A*-G)) Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 1-9 (A*-G)) Essential

About the employer

Class Technology Solutions Limited (CTS) is an innovative Microsoft Gold Solutions Partner that provides managed IT support services and solutions exclusively to, and across the broad and complex terrain of, the UK education sector. Founded in 2006, Class Technology solutions continues to go from strength to strength, demonstrating healthy, year-on-year growth in the independent sector. It is growth in both scope and reach. Class Technology’s service and solution offerings have widened and deepened in response to changes in the IT support requirements of schools as they adjust to the introduction of new technologies. Class Technology is spear heading the provision of Cloud based services and integration, implementing a dynamic mixture of Microsoft Cloud based services: Microsoft Azure, SharePoint and Google Cloud Solutions: implementing the whole ‘G-Suite for Education’ applications and product suite. Additionally, CTS continues to furnish schools with software and hardware products across the full spectrum of their requirements including: Consultancy and implementation of Cloud technologies, providing recommendations for ‘Embracing the Cloud’ Infrastructure Design and Implementation Physical and Wireless Networking Specialist Advice and Consultancy on Microsoft Licensing, systems integration and design Complete Server, Desktop and Network Refreshes

Employer

CLASS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD

Address

Unit 5

Forge Wood Industrial Estate

Gatwick Road,

RH10 9PG

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Training

Training provider

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

Contact

Gemma Barr

gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com

07399586723

Apprenticeship standard

Business administrator

Level 3 (A level)

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