Apprenticeship Vacancies

Please note: We are currently recruiting for this position with the intention to start in September 2022. 

Employer:

Brookeswood is based just outside Leek, in the Staffordshire moorlands, and we are a friendly family-owned company. We specialise in the design, manufacture and installation of premium quality timber windows, doors, and stairs.

Address: Unit A, Fould Farm, Meerbrook Road, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 8SQ.

Vacancy Description:

This is a great opportunity and could be the first step towards a rewarding career as a craftsman Joiner, helping to install our premium quality timber windows, doors, and staircases.

Brookeswood designs, manufactures, and installs a range of premium quality timber windows, doors, and staircases. Our workshop is in a rural location just outside Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

We are looking for an apprentice to work alongside our team of qualified and experienced installers. This will involve working on building sites and at customers’ homes. This will involve travelling on a daily basis to scheduled jobs, transport will be provided. Some overnight stays will occasionally be required.

The role will include 1 day a week at college and 4 days on site, training to install our windows, doors, and stairs.

Skills Required:

• A ‘can do’ attitude.
• Problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good listening skills and ability to follow instructions.

Ideally GCSE Maths & English at 4/C or above, if not there will be a requirement to achieve this at college before the apprenticeship can commence.

Salary:

• Starting at £5.00 / hour.
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays/year.
• Company Uniform.

Working Week:

• 40 hours – Including college day.
• Starting at 7.00 – 4.00 Mon – Thursday.
• 7.00 – 1.00 – Friday.

Qualifications Required:

Ideally, GCSE Maths & English 4/C or above.

Is there potential for future employment?

Yes – for the right candidate.

Permanent full-time job subject to satisfactory completion of apprenticeship training.

Training to be Provided:

Carpentry & Joinery Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Things to Consider:

We are in a rural location so transport to and from work will be needed.

Please note: We are currently recruiting for this position with the intention to start in September 2022. 

Employer:

At OHA, our students, staff, families and governors work together to ensure we provide a first-class education for all of our learners. Our vision is simple and all of our stakeholders work tirelessly to achieve it:

At OHA, we provide an inspirational and ambitious learning journey to enable all our students to achieve beyond their Horizons

We provide exciting and creative opportunities for all our learners through a well-designed and thought-provoking curriculum and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities; ranging from a variety of sporting and performing arts experience, to public speaking, Combined Cadet Force & Forest School. We believe our provision helps shape and develop the life chances of our students, giving them the support, structure and most importantly, the ambition to achieve great things.

Address: Ormiston Horizon Academy, Turnhurst Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 6JZ.

Vacancy Description:

To assist the Finance Officer in providing general finance administrative support to facilitate the efficient and effective use of the academy’s budget.

Financial Support and management:

• Place and process orders and invoices.
• Arrange payment of invoices for stocks, including checking supplier statements.
• Enter income and expenditure on the finance system.
• Undertake other administrative support duties, such as reception duties.
• School income (cashless).

Resources:

• Check incoming stock deliveries and arrange for distribution and storage.

Systems, policies and procedures:

• Adhere to financial regulations and audit requirements.

Team Involvement:

• May demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced staff.

Building Professional Relationships:

• Communicates basic financial information to teachers, other staff and external suppliers.

Record Keeping and Information Management:

• Responsible for the maintenance and updating of financial records.
• Reconcile purchase ledger with supplier statements.

Problem Solving and Decision making:

• Routine decisions on finance and administrative tasks (such as making payments and financial entries).
• Follows detailed instructions/set procedures; supervised by more senior finance staff.

Knowledge, Skills and experience:

• Working at or towards relevant Business and Administration national occupational standards (NOS) that underpin qualifications at Level 2 or by experience
• IT and keyboard skills.

Physical Demands and Working conditions:

• Normal physical effort with a mixture of sitting, walking and carrying minor loads.
• Work normally carried out in an office environment.

The post holder may be required to carry out any other duties, commensurate with the grade and skills of the post, as directed by the Finance Officer/Operations Manager.

Personal Qualities:

• Friendly.
• A team player.
• The ability to listen to your peers.
• Organised and reliable.

Salary:

Support Staff – Level 1 – actual salary is £12,728.

Working Week:

30 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks per year).

Qualifications Required:

Ideally, GCSE Maths & English 4/C or above.

Training to be Provided:

AAT Level 3 Apprenticeship.

Things to Consider:

Please consider how you will get to and from work each day.

Please note the closing date for this vacancy is Monday 25th April 2022 @ 3pm

Please note: We are currently recruiting for this position with the intention to start in September 2022. 

EMPLOYER  

Abbotsholme School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. The school is situated on a 140-acre campus on the banks of the River Dove in Derbyshire, England near the county border and the village of Rocester in Staffordshire. It is a member of the SHHIS and is a Round Square school.

Address; Rocester, Uttoxeter, ST14 5BS

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE  

Completing a range of customer service duties to assist with the overall operation of the school.

VACANCY DESCRIPTION  

1. To ensure a welcoming atmosphere exists in reception at all times by:

• Acknowledging everyone who enters reception
• Greeting all visitors in a friendly manner
• Taking the time to put all visitors at their ease

2. To deliver an excellent level of customer service by:

• Taking the time to properly ascertain the nature of each visit and dealing with accordingly
• Ensuring the visitors’ record is correctly completed and all visitors are issued with a visitor badge
• Chatting to visitors as they wait to be collected
• Arranging hospitality as required
• Dealing with general day to day queries from staff, pupils and parents

3. To manage a prompt and professional telephone answering service by:

• Ensuring that all calls are answered in a timely manner, establishing identity of caller, transferring and introducing calls as appropriate
• Helping callers as far as you are able by obtaining any necessary information
• Taking and relaying messages where necessary

4. To maintain a comfortable and informative environment for all visitors by:

• Developing conversation as appropriate
• Building and maintaining an excellent working knowledge of and active interest in the school
• Ensuring any displays are fresh and current
• Keeping the reception area tidy at all times

5. To assist with the maintenance of the attendance/absence register on computer:

• Ensuring registers are completed on the pupil database by all tutors on time
• Following up pupil absences as required
• Maintaining the staff and pupil signing out books in order to ensure an accurate record of people on site in the event of evacuation of the buildings in case of fire

6. To ensure that transport arrangements for pupils are in place:

• Bus lists are accurate and correspond to attendance registers
• Bus duty staff are advised of any changes to bus lists
• Parents are advised if buses are running late or if there any problems anticipated

7. To provide essential support services to staff by:

• Taking delivery of and distributing all incoming mail
• Receiving incoming parcels for staff and pupils and informing the individuals accordingly
• Ensuring daily collection of all outgoing mail
• Franking all outgoing mail/parcels
• Photocopying for staff as required

8. To provide some cover during the school holidays and sickness cover if required.

9. To provide administrative support to other departments in the school, eg Finance, School Administrator, Head’s PA and Marketing.

These duties are illustrative. Abbotsholme School reserves the right to alter the content of this job description, after consultation and consistent with the level of responsibility of this role, to reflect any changing demands of the school.

SKILLS REQUIRED    

• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Tactful and discreet in handling confidential and sensitive information
• Efficient but friendly and welcoming in demeanour
• Demonstrable organisational abilities
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office and other appropriate software

PERSONAL QUALITIES   

• Happy disposition and a ’half-full’ approach to all that you do
• Team player
• Flexible and tolerant
• Attention to detail

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED  

Ideally, you will have GCSE Maths & English 4/C or above or an equivalent.

FUTURE PROSPECTS   

There is potential for permanent employment on the successful completion of your apprenticeship.

WORKING WEEK   

General office hours 8.30am – 5pm Monday – Friday. Working hours will include time spent completing off-the-job training.

WAGE 

At least the apprenticeship minimum.

TRAINING TO BE PROVIDED 

Customer Service Practitioner level 2 apprenticeship

There is a possibility of studying towards Maths & English qualifications as part of your apprenticeship depending on personal circumstances.

COLLEGE CAMPUS 

Buxton or Leek, you will be required to physically attend college (weather permitting) every 6 weeks. College transport is available.

THINGS TO CONSIDER 

Please consider how you will get to work each day.

This is a school environment and a DBS check will be required, you will be supported to complete this.

Please note: We are currently recruiting for this position with the intention to start in September 2022. 

Employer:

Clapham’s Joinery Workshop supplies handcrafted purpose-made joinery to the trade and to individuals. We work closely with designers, architects, builders and discerning customers. Our experienced craftsmen use traditional materials and techniques to produce a wide range of outstanding pieces from our 6,000 sqft workshop in New Mills, Derbyshire.

Address: Meadow Street, New Mills, High Peak SK22 4AY.

Vacancy Description:

This is a fabulous opportunity to create high quality, traditionally crafted Joinery.

We specialise in doors, windows and staircases made by traditional methods. We are a traditional workshop with fixed joinery machinery.

We supply high end joinery to commercial and domestic applications. We are members of the British Woodworking Federation.

Please see our website for examples of our work.

Skills Required:

• Good work ethic.
• Team player.
• High standards.

Personal Qualities:

• Takes pride in your work.
• Reliable.
• Excellent time management.

Salary:

To be discussed, dependant on qualifications and experience.

Working Week:

Monday to Friday 8am – 4:30pm.

Potential for occasional overtime.

Qualifications Required:

Ideally, GCSE Maths & English 4/C or above.

Is there potential for future employment?

Yes, for the right candidate.

Training to be Provided:

Carpentry & Joinery Apprenticeship: Bench Pathway.

Things to Consider:

Please consider how you will get to and from work each day.