Business Administration Apprentice

Summary

Join Purely Energy, a fast-growing Energy Consultancy and Brokerage in Warrington. As a Business Administration Apprentice, you’ll learn everything you need to know about administration and the energy sector. Our position combines general admin, sales admin and contracts admin to provide you with a full range of experience and knowledge.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Annual performance bonus

Training course

Business administrator (level 3)

Hours

Monday – Friday (weekdays) 08:30 – 17:00 including a 1-hour unpaid lunch break.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 18 August 2025

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

General ad-hoc admin duties – Composing letters, answering the main switchboard line, printing, scanning, CRM maintenance.
Pricing analysis - You will get to grips with our software through comprehensive training and will process incoming price requests from sales agents on our pricing tool. This will involve inputting data such as supply numbers and contract end dates, to pull together a price comparison of our partnered energy suppliers.
You will request formal bespoke quotations from energy suppliers through email, via the templates provided to you. Gaining increasing knowledge on the energy market rises and falls through analysis of pricing data, and be able to use your initiative to eliminate ineligible suppliers from quoting specific customers due to credit check criteria, business SIC codes, etc.
Contract generation - You will be trained on each individual supplier portal, to successfully generate contracts to send out to clients via DocuSign. You will input relevant data to correctly generate the requested contract rates and length for customers, meticulously crosschecking against sales agents’ requests to ensure accuracy.
Contract Maintenance - You will monitor contract records on our internal system that are coming to an end, and either generate renewal price requests for sales agents, or direct the records into the correct statuses.

Where you'll work

FLAG HOUSE
4 RYLANDS STREET
WARRINGTON
WA1 1EN

Training

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

College or training organisation

WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE

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

12 week block of one day per week college attendance at Warrington and Vale Royal College (Warrington Campus). Online work will be set all year round during the apprenticeship via Onefile.

More training information

Initially, you will train in energy sector terminology and the processes associated with the industry.
Train on our in-house systems, CRM, supplier portals and industry software.
Learn to create and generate contracts and proposal documents.
Train and master MS Office suite and Google Suite.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C or above)
Maths (grade 4/C or above)

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
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Confident communicator
Punctual
Reliable and trustworthy
Calm, friendly manner

Other requirements

The role is based at our Warrington town centre office, located on Rylands Street. Private parking available.

About this company

Founded in 2021, Purely Energy are an Energy Consultancy and Brokerage. With energy brokers promising the world, we started out to be different. We are a small private company, run by experienced energy professionals, with low overheads, who consistently offer the best deals anywhere in the marketplace.

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Company benefits

Company events & Company incentives. 28 days annual leave (including 8 bank holidays) + your birthday off.

After this apprenticeship

The apprenticeship will lead to a full-time permanent position within the company.

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