Business Administration Trainee

About The Role

This is an excellent opportunity to begin your career as a Business Administrator while completing a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship within an organisation delivering services on behalf of a group of local councils. This role sits within our Service Support function.

As a Business Administration Apprentice, you will play a key support role, contributing to a wide range of day-to-day activities. You will provide essential administrative support across the organisation, assisting the wider Corporate Services team and gaining valuable experience in a professional environment.

You will need:

• GCSE Level 9 - 4 or equivalent (formerly A* to C) Maths and English
• Commitment to attain the Business Administration Apprenticeship level 3 qualification
• Excellent interpersonal skills – Communicates effectively and confidently
• Problem solving skills – the desire to find an answer and confidence to seek help when appropriate
• Proactive/self-motivated

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interview date - 26th May

Special Conditions: BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard check)

What we can do for you

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Renewed again for another year there is a health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of up to 7% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

About Us

You will be employed by [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group Ltd which was created by four partner Councils (West Oxfordshire District Council, Cotswold District Council, Cheltenham Borough Council and Forest of Dean District Council) to deliver more efficient and improved services.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to meeting its statutory and moral duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people under 18 years of age and adults at risk who are the recipients of its services and/or activities.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a unique place to work, established to transform the way local services are delivered, fundamentally rethinking the way our services are designed and delivered in a digital era, making us a customer-focused organisation driven by real user needs.