Business Administrator /BRCGS Programme Apprentice (BRC Trading Company)
LGC LIMITED
London (SW1E 5JL)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 12 December 2025)
Posted on 26 November 2025
Contents
Summary
• Ensuring compliance with scheme requirements such as trademark approvals for major BRCGS brands. • Organising meetings, sending reminders, and tracking attendance. • Managing invoicing promptly to meet deadlines. The role requires working collaboratively with curiosity, passion, and care.
- Wage
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£25,000 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
As a key member of the BRCGS Programmes Team, this role provides essential administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of programme activities.
Scheme Administration (Approx. 40%):
- Take ownership of specific scheme requirements, such as trademark approvals and Schedule A administration.
- Ensure strict adherence to procedures for trademark usage in line with scheme requirements.
- Monitor and track the issuance of invoices for scheme fees.
- Operate autonomously, with initial training and ongoing support from the Technical Manager.
Programme Team Support:
- Organise and coordinate regular meetings for all Technical Advisory Committees and Technical Working Groups, including sending invitations, tracking attendance, and managing confidential documentation.
- Collate and prepare information for quarterly meetings, including extracting data from Power BI, creating PowerPoint presentations, and conducting basic trend analysis.
Document and Information Management:
- Maintain robust document control for all team documents.
- Support the management and organisation of the team’s SharePoint site, ensuring logical access and up-to-date files.
General Administration:
- Provide day-to-day administrative support, including file maintenance and document control.
- Track and respond to enquiries, ensuring all issues are resolved within established KPIs.
- Participate in team meetings, including minute-taking as required.
Collaboration:
Work closely with the entire BRCGS Team, actively participating in meetings and supporting cross-team initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Scheme Administration: Take ownership of specific scheme requirements, including trademark approvals and Schedule A administration. Ensure all trademarks are used in accordance with scheme requirements and that invoices for scheme fees are accurately tracked and issued. This area will comprise approximately 40% of your role.
- Meeting Coordination: Organise and manage regular meetings for Technical Advisory Committees and Technical Working Groups. Responsibilities include sending invitations, tracking attendance, and ensuring all confidentiality and compliance forms are completed.
- Data & Document Management: Collate and analyse information for quarterly meetings, extracting data from Power BI and preparing PowerPoint presentations to identify trends. Maintain robust document control for all team documents and support the management of the SharePoint site to ensure logical access and up-to-date files.
- Team Support: Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Programme Team, including general file maintenance, document control, and tracking enquiries to ensure timely resolution within set KPIs.
Where you'll work
80 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 5JL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 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
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship, learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
More training information
Throughout the apprenticeship, learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Knowledge of BRCGS and the food and non-food industry.
BRCGS systems and processes.
What is the role of a Certification Programme Owner? Understanding BRCGS and how we support food, packaging, storage and distribution, agents and broker, gluten-free, plant-based and consumer products industries.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Microsoft Office
- Excel - pivot tables, Word
- PowerPoint
- Interpersonal skills
- Written communication skills
- Proactive attitude
- Positive attitude
- Able to work independently
- To be curious
Other requirements
Minimum of 2–4 years work experience – experience that can be applied to working in a team, collaboration and effective communication.
About this employer
The company was founded in 1996 by retailers who wanted to harmonise food safety standards across their supply chain. Today we are globally recognised across both food and non-food categories and operate the most rigorous third party certification scheme of its type. Our message is clear, we have the most rigorous schemes and the highest trained auditors giving you the best results possible. BRCGS is a market-leading global brand that helps build confidence in the supply chain. Our Global Standards for Food Safety, Packaging Materials, Storage and Distribution, Consumer Products, Agents and Brokers, Retail, Gluten Free, Plant-Based and Ethical Trading set the benchmark for good manufacturing practice and help provide assurance to customers that your products are safe, legal and of high quality. Independent research, carried out by the University of Birkbeck, demonstrates the value and economic impact that certification to BRCGS can bring.
Company benefits
· Bonus 6%. · Company Pension.
After this apprenticeship
The job holder would be encouraged to look for opportunities to grow in the job and continue to be an active member of the Programmes Team to take on more responsibility to support with administration tasks such as organising meetings, review of procedures, internal auditing.
Within BRCGS there may be opportunities to move to roles where the skills learnt during the apprenticeship could be used for working with other teams in a support capacity and grow in experience.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002551.
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