Business Administration Apprentice

STUBBS PARKIN LIMITED

SOUTHPORT (PR9 0PG)

Closes in 17 days (Friday 9 October 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 September 2026

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Summary

Join us as a Business Admin Apprentice, with real client contact, modern digital systems, and room to grow into business admin, office management, finance, marketing or accountancy, whichever suits you. 

You don't need to know your path yet.  We're a fast-growing, highly digital accountancy practice in Southport.

• Wage:

  £14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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• Training course: Business administrator (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

  35 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 2 November 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 6 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

• Assist with client administration, including chasing missing information, signed documents and tax checklist submissions.
• Manage client documents through our digital systems, we're a paperless practice, though there's sometimes temporary scanning work as we digitise records from firms we've acquired.  You'll also help retain and organise closed client files, developing knowledge of office procedures, confidentiality and compliance within a professional accountancy practice.
• Help us build and improve our processes as we grow, from small tweaks to bigger changes, a great fit if you're naturally organised.
• Get involved in marketing, we're currently rebuilding our website and social media and growing our client communications.
• Provide a welcoming reception service, answering calls, greeting clients, and managing appointments and diaries.
• Support the general running of the office, from ordering supplies and preparing meeting rooms to handling post and couriers.
• Keep on top of office email inboxes and pass on enquiries to the right team member.

Desired skills

• Comfortable talking to people face to face and on the phone.
• Confident picking up new software and systems quickly, we run entirely digitally. 
• Able to write clearly for client emails. 

No previous office or accountancy experience required, we'll teach you the technical side.  Don't worry if you haven't done much of this before, what matters is that it's something you'd enjoy doing.

Desired personal qualities

Reliable, organised, a team player who's happy asking questions.  Trustworthy and discreet, you'll be handling clients' financial and personal information.  Proactive, comfortable chasing someone for a missing document.  Calm under pressure, clients sometimes get in touch anxious about tax or HMRC deadlines.  If you can be halfway through one task, get pulled onto something else, and pick the first one back up without losing your place, that's useful here, we're a busy office with plenty going on at once.

Where you'll work

55 HOGHTON STREET
SOUTHPORT
PR9 0PG

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTHPORT EDUCATION GROUP

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.

Throughout the programme, apprentices will develop key workplace skills including IT, communication, record keeping, decision-making, planning and organisation, project management, and interpersonal skills. They will also build professional behaviours such as adaptability, responsibility, and professionalism.

Training is delivered primarily in the workplace by an assessor, with  off-the-job learning during contracted hours. The apprenticeship concludes with an End Point Assessment (EPA), comprising an online multiple-choice test, a portfolio-based interview, and a project or improvement process presentation.

Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

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
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Positive attitude

About this employer

Stubbs Parkin is an accountancy practice in Southport town centre, friendly in person and fully digital.  We work across accounts, tax, payroll, bookkeeping and business advice with a team of 15 people, and clients can walk into our office and speak to someone face to face. 

Behind that, we use modern systems and AI to keep things running smoothly.  Good systems matter to us because they mean clients get the same standard of service every time, and how people feel after dealing with us matters just as much as the quality of work we produce, that's why we created this role. 

We've grown quickly recently through a number of mergers, and we've been training apprentices for a long time, many of whom have built great careers, here and elsewhere.

https://www.stubbsparkin.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Free on-site parking
• Core working hours, with some flexibility once you're settled in, and hybrid working across parts of the team
• Full in-house training and support alongside the apprenticeship
• Regular team and social events throughout the year

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Where this leads is your choice. Many of our current team started here as apprentices and have built long-term careers with us, including senior management and practice manager roles.

Others have qualified as chartered accountants, become tax specialists, moved into industry, or joined Top 10 firms and large international companies, and there's room to get involved with marketing too, that's a live project right now.

Whether you stay long-term or use this as a stepping stone to somewhere else, that's fine by us.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTHPORT EDUCATION GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053582.

Apply now

Closes in 17 days (Friday 9 October 2026 at 11:59pm)