Work

This role provides the apprentice with the opportunity to develop general office skills and gain specific knowledge of the education sector.

What you’ll do at work

Full training and mentoring provided for;

• Diary management including event booking
• Website management and updates
• Social media promotion
• Policy monitoring
• GDPR compliance monitoring and DPIA management
• General admin tasks such as printing, copying and filling
• Publicity and marketing of the trust
• Email distribution of trust information
• Mail merge
• Raise invoices for services provided
• Monitor unpaid sales invoices
• Input invoices for approval
• Bank reconciliation journals (monthly)
• Salary reconciliation checks (monthly)
• Monitor the finance email inbox

Where you’ll work

Based at ACE Office, Ashbourne or Brailsford Primary School;

Ashbourne; Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne, DE6 1EJ

Brailford; Luke Lane, Brailsford, Ashbourne, DE6 3BY

Training

Apprentices will be required to attend on-campus activity days every 6 weeks alongside off and on-the-job training.

As part of the role the apprentice will also undertake all statutory training courses such as safeguarding, GDPR, PREVENT etc. Full training will be provided on all admin and finance systems used by the trust.

Your training course

Business Administration Apprenticeship

Your training plan

6-weekly on-campus training days alongside training from the workplace and gular review sessions with your college instructor-mentor who will visit the apprentice in the workplace regularly, completing observations, professional discussions and ensure the apprentice remains on track with their coursework.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

• GCSE English (Grade 4 or above) essential
• GCSE Maths (Grade 4 or above) essential

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
• Reliable
• Customer care
• Problem solving
• Administrative
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• An interest in the industry
• Ability to learn from peers
• A desire to learn
• Flexible

Other requirements

Please consider how you will travel to work each day, it would be advantageous for the successful applicants to have a full driving licence and access to their own vehicle in order to travel between the ACE offices.

About this company

We are a small multi-academy trust based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. At ACE Derbyshire our vision is for a vibrant community where every child’s aspirations are nurtured to achieve excellence. United as a family of schools we celebrate the unique identities of our communities enabling ALL to flourish.

acederbyshire.org.uk

After this apprenticeship

There is excellent potential for a permanent position on the successful completion of the apprenticeship.