Business Administration Apprentice
Frontline Recruitment Nottingham
Nottingham (NG7 1LD)
Closes on Monday 30 June 2025
Posted on 7 May 2025
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Summary
Start your career in business administration with Frontline Recruitment. This apprenticeship offers the opportunity to work in a friendly, small team within a fast-paced environment. You’ll gain valuable experience across a number of business functions while working towards a Level 3 qualification.
- Wage
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£16,575 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 08.30 – 17.00.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Process supplier invoices from receipt through to payment.
- Process petty cash claims, ensuring validity and accuracy.
- Facilitate supplier orders for the company as required.
- Collation of weekly payroll data for temporary workers, assists others as necessary to ensure all workers are paid on time each week.
- Dealing with pay queries, liaising with workers and branch staff as necessary through to resolution.
- Process HMRC/Attachment of Earnings requests in a timely manner.
- Assist in processing and collating data for weekly and monthly management reports.
- Process staff holiday requests as necessary.
- Assist with the review of compliance documentation as required.
- Any ad-hoc duties as may be necessary from time to time within the department.
Where you'll work
Unit 5, Castlebridge Office Village
Kirtley Drive
Nottingham
NG7 1LD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD
Your training course
Business administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
Your training plan
Apprentices will be allocated a Trainer Assessor and training will be planned and delivered in conjunction with the employer to meet the individual needs of the apprentice.
The apprentice will spend 20% of their working hours in off-the-job activities and training.
On the job and off-the-job training will be delivered in the workplace.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4/C or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Good time management
- Personable
- Honest
- Sense of humour
- Dependable
- Good telephone manner
Other requirements
The interviews will be held at the company’s office. The dress code for the interview is smart.
About this company
Frontline Recruitment is a recruitment agency with over 30 years of experience providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions. With offices across the East Midlands and beyond, they combine strong local knowledge with national reach. Focused on quality, honesty, and reliability, Frontline connects employers with the right candidates through a team of well-trained recruitment specialists.
After this apprenticeship
There is an opportunity to continue working within the team upon completion of the apprenticeship and progress at Frontline Recruitment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACCESS TRAINING (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD
Cameron Murrin-Spencer
cameron.murrin-spencer@atem.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319230.
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Closes on Monday 30 June 2025
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