Business Administration Apprenticeship (Recruitment Office)
BERRY RECRUITMENT LIMITED
67A High Street (PE30 1AY)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 22 August 2025)
Posted on 28 July 2025
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Summary
As a Business Administrator Apprentice, you'll support the recruitment office's daily operations, assisting consultants with admin, compliance, and office coordination. This role is ideal for someone eager to develop professional skills in a fast-paced environment while gaining valuable experience in business administration and recruitment support.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5p.m.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 26 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
Duties will include:
- Manage and maintain office documents, records, and databases
- Handle incoming calls, emails, and general enquiries
- Schedule meetings, interviews, and appointments
- Assist with candidate compliance tasks, including document verification and right to work checks
- Prepare reports, spreadsheets, and correspondence
- Maintain filing systems, both digital and physical
- CV formatting
- Update and manage recruitment and client databases
- Process and organise paperwork for candidates and clients
- Scanning documents
- Photocopying
- Plus, much more
Where you'll work
67A High Street
PE30 1AY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
Business Administrator Level 3.
Teaching and learning the skills, knowledge and behaviours within Business Administration.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
- English (grade 4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Flexible
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
Other requirements
Have you considered the suitability of the pay/location/hours prior to applying?
About this employer
Berry Recruitment is part of the Berry Recruitment Group. The Group was formed by a team of industry experts including Tony Berry (the former Chairman of Blue Arrow and Manpower) and Ian Langley (Group Chair and founder of the global STEM workforce solutions group, Airswift). Since our inception, our aim has been to locate talented individuals and combine them with entirely suitable client opportunities. The key to achieving this is that we take pride and pleasure in our work. Our Recruitment Consultants are professional but also friendly in their approach and we treat every candidate and client with absolute respect. Our values have served us well thus far. We now operate successfully across the U.K. and can refer to a growing list of satisfied customers. Recent years have seen exciting developments within Berry Recruitment through organic growth complemented by targeted acquisitions. We are continuing to invest in our operations and expect to achieve turnover in excess of £60 million during 2025. At Berry Recruitment we remain optimistic about the future and we are determined to further strengthen our business through our innovative approach to recruitment. We plan to expand but our values will remain the same: we will continue to match individual people with totally suitable positions to the benefit of all our customers.
After this apprenticeship
Long term career development available on successful completion of this apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334135.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 22 August 2025)
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