Post Completions Apprentice

R G Law

York (YO1 9PP)

Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 June 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity for someone looking for their first role in a busy law firm. You will work within our busy Post Completions team, alongside our Conveyancing teams. You will carry out a varied range of tasks to help the smooth running of R G Law.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Health & Wellbeing Programme. • Free company eye test. • Cycle to work scheme. • Season ticket loans. • Buy/sell holiday scheme. • Discounted offers on RG legal services for both employees and their family members.

Training course
Business administrator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday between, 9.00am to 5.30pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

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

We are a people-focused business looking for those who want to develop individually whilst taking part in helping the company to develop and evolve, somebody who wants to make a difference!  

Our ethos is to create an interesting, vibrant, and engaging place for people to work, along with a friendly, fun social aspect as well.  

We believe in giving people the opportunity to progress and would love to help your career grow!

Key tasks and responsibilities:

  • Reviewing emails received into the Post Completion Team Inbox and distributing accordingly.
  • General administration duties, including filing.
  • Covering the closing of files and dealing with Retention Files.
  • Liaising with various conveyancing team members internally, as well as the land registry and clients.

Where you'll work

Stamford House
Piccadilly
York
YO1 9PP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

YORK COLLEGE

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

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to work as Business Administrator (Level 3) and will include the following:

  • 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.
  • Understand how to behave in a professional way including personal presentation, respect, respecting and encouraging diversity to cater for wider audiences, punctuality and attitude to colleagues, customers and key stakeholders.
  • Understand how to draft correspondence, write reports and be able to review others' work.
  • Understand how to make effective decisions based on sound reasoning and be able to deal with challenges in a mature way.
  • Understand how to build and maintain relationships within your own team and across the organisation.
  • Understand how to share administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coach others to perform tasks correctly.
  • Understand how to use relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report.

Blended on/off the job training and location to be confirmed.

You will also produce a portfolio of evidence demonstrating examples of your work throughout the apprenticeship which will form the basis for the interview during the End-Point Assessment (EPA). Also, a project or process improvement will be completed over 21 to 35 hours during the apprenticeship which will form part of the EPA.
Apprentices will attend York College on a day release for the duration of the apprenticeship and work with their employer for the remainder of their contracted hours.  An assessor will visit every 8-10 weeks to discuss and monitor progress on the apprenticeship in conjunction with the employer.

Continual assessment will take place throughout the duration of the apprenticeship.  The End-Point Assessment (EPA) will comprise of a 60-minute computer-based knowledge test of 50 questions, a 45-minute interview based on your portfolio of evidence, and a 10-15 minute presentation based on the project completed during the apprenticeship. 

The qualification achieved is Business Administrator Apprenticeship level 3.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • 3 other subjects (grade 4/C)
  • English (grade 4/C)
  • maths (grade 4/C)

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
  • Team working
  • Interest in the legal sector

Other requirements

You should be able to easily commute to our York office and York College. After you submit your application, look out for an email from apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk with details of the next stage of the application process - check your spam folder, too.

About this company

RG Law was established in 2007, we have offices in York and Sidcup and employ around 50 members of staff. We specialise in conveyancing, and wills and probate.

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After this apprenticeship

We are hopeful that for the right candidate this will lead to a full-time, ongoing role following successful completion of the training.

 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

YORK COLLEGE

apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk

01904 770368

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328736.

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Closes in 30 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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