Receptionist Admin Apprenticeship

MY HOPE HOUSING C-I-C

BIRMINGHAM (B12 8LF)

Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 15 August 2025


Summary

Vacancy available for an Office Admin Apprenticeship, offering Level 2 Customer Service qualification.

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9:30AM - 4:30PM. Total hours per week: 35 Hours per week can be increased if requested.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

  • Day-to-day office tasks
  • Answering calls and directing calls to relevant staff members
  • Completing paperwork and online forms
  • Assisting with scanning and filing documents
  • Sending and responding to emails
  • Assisting with creating marketing content
  • Completing further tasks such as accounts

(All of which shall be taught throughout the apprenticeship placement).

Where you'll work

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS CENTRE
249 LADYPOOL ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B12 8LF

Training

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

Training provider

B-SKILL LIMITED

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Training schedule

  • Qualification: Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 2
  • Location: online 
  • Functional Skills English and maths if required

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 5/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Initiative

About this employer

We are based in Birmingham and we provide housing related services including supported accommodation. We provide housing for a range of sectors, supporting our community.

https://myhopehousing.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

We are able to offer full-time employment and further job roles to support our apprentices with progressing as well as supporting them with further qualifications.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

B-SKILL LIMITED

recruitment@myhopehousing.org.uk

0121 242 6666

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337381.

Apply now

Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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