Business Administration Apprentice

SIGNATURE CAREER MANAGEMENT LTD

MACCLESFIELD (SK11 6QJ)

Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 August 2026

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Summary

We’re looking for someone bright, curious and up for learning to join our team at Signature Career Management as a Business Administration Apprentice. You’ll work towards your qualification through Macclesfield College, while getting proper, hands-on experience inside a growing recruitment business. 

• Wage:

  £15,600 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 (30 minutes per week for lunch).

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Tuesday 1 September 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

What will you actually be doing? 

The Business Administrator role is pretty broad, and that’s deliberate. Your main job will be helping our Recruitment Consultants do what they do best, while learning how a recruitment business works from the inside out. And if you read some of the list below and think, “I have absolutely no idea how to do that”, good. Nobody does until they’re taught. We’ll train you. 

Recruitment support:

• Answering the phone and fielding calls 
• Actioning bounce-back emails 
• Using our CRM system to input coding, information and data 
• Uploading candidate applications to our CRM 
• Formatting candidate CVs 
• Adding meeting notes to our CRM 
• Uploading job adverts to third-party websites 
• Using resources such as LinkedIn to identify hiring managers and HR professionals 
• Searching job boards to spot businesses that are recruiting and sharing opportunities with our recruitment team 
• Completing initial Candidate Registration calls, gathering information and passing it to the appropriate Recruitment Consultant 
• Helping the team put together client proposals and assignment updates 
• Keeping an eye on FMCG industry news and sharing anything interesting with the team 
• Getting involved in ad-hoc business projects, including keeping information up to date, system management and business growth projects 
• Marketing support
• Take ownership of and manage our company Instagram and TikTok accounts 
• Creating company presentations to support our Directors 
• Keeping our internal communications screens, YoDeck, updated 
• Helping plan team events 
• Getting involved in ad-hoc marketing projects with our Workplace Manager 

So yes, you could be updating the CRM in the morning and helping plan a summer party in the afternoon. We did say it was varied.

Where you'll work

1ST FLOOR
ROPEWALKS
NEWTON STREET
MACCLESFIELD
SK11 6QJ

Training

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

Training provider

CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST

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

This apprenticeship will be workplace delivery meaning there is no day release to college.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4/C+)
• Maths (grade 4/C+)

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

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Positive attitude
• Interested in learning
• Ask questions
• Able to take in feedback
• Time management
• Create and stick to a plan
• Take responsibility
• Wants to progress in job role
• Take studying seriously
• Committed

About this employer

Welcome to Signature. 

So, who are we? 

We’re a recruitment company. 

But probably not the kind you’re imagining. 

We specialise in FMCG, which stands for Fast Moving Consumer Goods. Basically, all the brands and products you see, eat, drink and use every day. 

We help those businesses find brilliant people for roles across sales, marketing and other commercial functions, from junior management right through to board level. 

Our vision is simple: to change the way you feel about recruitment. 

Recruitment sometimes gets a bad reputation for being transactional, salesy and all about the numbers. We want to do things differently. We care about the people we work with, the relationships we build and doing a genuinely good job. 

We’re a small, ambitious team with big plans, which means you won’t disappear into the background here. You’ll know everyone, work with everyone and have plenty of opportunities to get involved.

 

Our values matter to us

They’re not words we stuck on a wall five years ago and forgot about. They genuinely influence how we work and who we hire.

• Ownership -Taking individual responsibility for our actions.
• Integrity - Doing what we say we’re going to do and building trust with the people around us.
• Relationship-led - Thinking beyond the immediate win and making decisions based on the long-term relationship.
• Kaizen - A fancy word for continuous improvement. Keep learning, keep developing and aim to be a little better than you were yesterday.
• Team Spirit - No lone wolves. We help each other, motivate each other and celebrate the wins together.

https://www.signaturecm.co.uk/?source=google.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Casual dress
• 23 days' holiday, increasing to 25 days, plus bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Expense-paid summer and Christmas parties 
• Quarterly team events
• Monthly team pub quiz and an early finish
• Annual charity / volunteering day
• Our learning library, packed with books to support your personal and professional development
• Friday beers 
• Office dogs

After this apprenticeship

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

We want to develop someone who could build their career with Signature. Our aim is to progress our apprentices into recruitment roles once they’ve completed their studies, and there may also be opportunities to move into areas such as marketing as the business grows. We can’t guarantee a particular role at the end, but we can guarantee that we’ll give you plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and discover what you’re good at. 

If you’re ambitious, we like that.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST

Maxim Business Training

apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk

01625410022

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047680.

Apply now

Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11:59pm)