Reception and Customer Service Apprentice
City College Plymouth
Devon (PL1 5QG)
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 31 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 December 2025
Contents
Summary
To support the Reception & Customer Services team in providing a comprehensive reception and information service to all external and internal customers and ensure that details of all enquiries are captured on the College’s enquiry system, complying with General Data Protection Regulations.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Customer service practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday Hours TBC
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 22 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
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To provide an effective first point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders.
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To provide an information service and access to the specialist teams within the College, as well as signposting to external support agencies.
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To ensure that all enquiry details are collected and maintained in line with College procedures and the General Data Protection Regulations.
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To ensure e-mails for the generic College account are responded to within 24 working hours.
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To manage the VIP parking area, including communicating with visitors and liaising with the Estates team to ensure reserved parking spaces are managed effectively.
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To manage the presentation and the functionality of the reception, information and visitors’ area, ensuring high standards.
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To assist the Events & Schools Liaison team with the running of all recruitment, student celebration and corporate events and in representing and promoting the College at external events/exhibitions. This may require attendance at College, or
external venues for additional evenings or weekend work. -
To liaise with other College departments and maintain a flexible approach at all times.
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Undertake such other duties commensurate with the grade of the post as may reasonably be required and you will be required to be trained to administer first aid, if necessary.
Where you'll work
Kings Road
Devonport
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 5QG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
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
- In this role, you will be required to undertake the Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship, which is combined with additional business administration units.
- The training will be delivered in the workplace through assessment visits.
- On completion of the programme, you will complete an End Point Assessment.
- The delivery of training will take 12 months with an additional 3 months added to complete the end point assessment.
- Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or Above)
- Mathematics (grade 4/C or Above)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
At City College Plymouth, one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, we are going through a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We pride ourselves on delivering a learning environment and organisational culture that impacts positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all our students and staff to achieve their full potential. City College Plymouth is home to thousands of bright and enthusiastic students and 650 talented and experienced staff. You will be joining a college that is proud of its culture, where our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity are there to nurture and support a passion for teaching and learning, enriching our community through knowledge, experience and skills enabling every student to be the best they can be. City College Plymouth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The College is an equal opportunities employer
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will have the opportunity to progress onto another apprenticeship programme or apply for a permanent admin position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005118.
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Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 31 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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