Business Administration Apprentice

The Need-To-Knows
Location: Bolton
Hours: 30 (Mon - Fri) 20% off the job training
Expected Duration: 18 months (to achieve Level 3), potential for permanent employment after qualification.
Salary: From £12,480 per annum, pro-rata
What we do
We write winning bids for companies across a diverse range of sectors – In 2022 we worked in 74 industries from Forestry Conservation to Utilities and everything in between, we’ve got it covered. We’ve been helping businesses to grow since 2009 and have since grown in numbers to have a large, directly employed bid team split across our 3 key divisions – Bid Writing/Management, Bid Resource and Bid Training. This makes us one of the largest bid consultancy organisations (and one of the largest bid teams full stop) in the UK. We’re the full package.
Our people
We have a diverse team of bid professionals. But more than that, we are readers, bikers, climbers, amateur chefs, dog lovers, film lovers, opera lovers, linguists, sports fans, parents, volunteers and lots more!
Our Hiring Process
You find or get sent this job advert
You read the ad and we have your attention
You tell us you’re interested (apply, email, call, shout)
If your CV fits what we’re looking for, we’ll get in touch
If everything looks good, we’ll invite you to interview and send you a quick writing task
If we’re all on the same page and we think you’d be a good fit, we’ll make you an offer
You accept the offer and tell everyone how amazing your life has become
Our process is highly streamlined so we’d only expect all of the above to take between 1-3 weeks!
Our culture
We’re creative and open-minded
We pursue growth and learning
We embrace and drive change
We build open and honest relationships with communication
We build a positive team spirit
We’re passionate and determined
We’re a Disability Confident employer and our line managers have received neurodiversity training.
We provide a well-defined career path (our Trainee and experienced hires have gone onto many senior roles, from Senior Bid Writer all the way up to Director-level. For some, their salaries have more than doubled.
Our Benefits
We offer flexible/hybrid working for a better work/life balance (equipment provided)
We offer enhanced annual leave of 22 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 25 days plus bank holidays with service
We offer an additional paid day off for your birthday
We offer health cover from day 1, including 24/7 GP access and EAP (counselling and critical incident management)
We have trained Mental Health First Aiders
We give you access to discounts at high street and online retailers
We have monthly social events, as well as bigger company events in summer and winter
We offer clear in-house progression opportunities
We pay for all our team to have access to and gain APMP accreditations
What you'll be doing
The Business Administration Apprentice will play a crucial role, supporting all aspects of the business in an administrative function. The Business Administration Apprentice will contribute to the efficiency of the business through support of functional areas, working across teams and resolving issues as requested. The post involves developing, implementing, maintaining and improving administrative services. There is a customer facing element to this role and a key focus will be in supporting our customer engagement and sales administration functions.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will:
• Be highly organised with the ability to manage multiple workloads.
• Have excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and be able to learn new systems quickly.
• Work proactively and with good judgement.
• Be able to build and maintain positive working relationships within the T&L team.
• Be eager to learn and develop
Qualifications:
• Candidates must hold GCSEs in maths and English at A*-C or 4-9 grade.
• Prospective apprentices must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level as this apprenticeship in a similar subject.
If you hold international equivalents of the above qualifications, at the time of your application you must be able to provide an official document that states how your international qualifications compare to the UK qualifications.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people. We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). If you wish to apply under the GIS, please indicate this in your application cover letter.
To be invited to interview/assessment under the GIS scheme, candidates applying under GIS should meet all of the essential criteria. These are the essential requirements that have been agreed for the post which may include qualifications, experience and skills. In setting the essential requirements, care will be taken to ensure that disabled candidates will not be disadvantaged. Candidates who do not meet all of the essential criteria will not be invited to interview.
Whether you are applying under the scheme or not, if you are disabled we ask you to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive and works for you. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and if you are successful, we’ll make adjustments to your working environment.
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