Business Administration Apprentice
Mining Remediation Authority
Nottinghamshire (NG18 4RG)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 July 2025)
Posted on 2 July 2025
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Summary
This is your chance to get real-world experience, build your skills, and work with some great people across our organisation - all while working towards a Level 3 Business Admin Qualification.
- Wage
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£24,627 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 37 hours per week with 1-day per week assigned to help you work on your coursework. Exact working hours TBC
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
What We’re Looking For:
- You’re ready to learn, grow, and take on new challenges
- You’ve got solid Microsoft Office skills and love staying organised
- You’re a great communicator and a team player
- You can juggle tasks, solve problems, and meet deadlines
About The Role:
What You’ll Be Doing (aka your day-to-day):
- Helping manage calendars, emails, and meetings
- Taking notes and making sure action points don’t get forgotten
- Supporting projects and helping plan events
- Keeping things organised and making sure we follow the rules
- Building great relationships and communicating in person, on the phone, and online
- Always looking for ways to improve and share your ideas
Where you'll work
200 Lichfield Lane
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4RG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MBKB 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
Monday to Friday - 37 hours per week with 1-day per week assigned to help you work on your coursework.
More training information
Provider - MBKB LTD.
Level 3 Business Administrator - Business Administrator/Skills England.
Requirements
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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
About this company
Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas. We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution. We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050. We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Company benefits
We have some amazing benefits available, including a £15 wellbeing allowance and pension contribution
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
There will be a lot of opportunities to develop your career further with this apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Mining Remediation Authority
Recruitment Team
recruitment@miningremediation.gov.uk
01623 637000
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329201.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Friday 18 July 2025)
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