Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship

About the role

🚀 Join Our Awesome Team as an Administrator! 🚀

Are you ready to dive into a dynamic role where you'll be the go-to person for all things organization and support? We're on the lookout for a super-talented Administrator to help keep our school running smoothly and buzzing with energy! ✨

What You'll Be Doing:

• Tech Whiz 💻: Get creative with word processing, reports, schedules, and dive into spreadsheets, presentations, and internet research. You'll also be our website and social media guru, making sure everything is up-to-date and compliant! 📱
• Admissions Ace 📝: Help welcome new students and support families through the admissions and transfer process for Nursery and Reception.
• Logistics Legend 🚌: Be the mastermind behind school meals, transport (including minibuses!), booking facilities, and organizing awesome out-of-school activities like music lessons and extracurricular clubs.
• Meeting Maestro 🤝: Take notes at important meetings, type up agendas, gather all the necessary papers, and book those perfect rooms.
• Data Dynamo 📊: Keep our registers and pupil reports in tip-top shape, managing crucial school data for Oldham Council and the Department for Education.
• Facility Fanatic 🏡: Help manage school lettings and other uses of our amazing school premises.
• Community Connector 🌟: Help us shout about our amazing Federation and build strong connections with local businesses for exciting fundraising and joint projects.
• Cover Coordinator 🏃‍♀️: Under the guidance of our Executive Headteacher, you'll organize cover when our amazing staff are away.

Financial Flair & Resource Ranger 💰:

• Bookkeeping Boss 🧾: Handle basic bookkeeping for school funds, petty cash, trips, photos, postage, phone calls, and school meals, ensuring all finances are spot-on.
• Budget Buddy 💹: Prepare statements for our budget holders.
• Stationery Superstar ✏️: Keep our stationery and supplies stocked, catalogued, and distributed where needed.

Reception Rockstar & Customer Champion 🌟:

• Front Desk Dynamo 📞: Be the friendly voice of the school, answering calls, greeting visitors, taking messages, and ensuring everyone feels welcome.
• Safety First Keeper 🔐: Welcome visitors with a smile, making sure our health and safety and safeguarding procedures are followed, including sign-ins, badges, and escorts.
• Query Queen/King 👑: Respond to questions from staff, pupils, and parents with enthusiasm and accuracy.
• Visitor VIP Treatment 📸: Help arrange visits for special guests like the school nurse, photographers, linked schools, and parents.

General Clerical Champion 📜:

• Office Assistant Extraordinaire ✉️: Provide all-around clerical support: photocopying, filing, faxing, emailing, filling out forms, and answering routine questions.
• Mail Master 📬: Sort and distribute all incoming and outgoing mail.

Welfare Watcher 👀:

• First Aid Liaison 🩹: Connect with parents and staff regarding first aid occurrences, following school procedures.

Our Core Values & Expectations:

• Inclusion & Equality Advocate 💖: Champion inclusion, equality, and diversity in all your interactions with pupils and colleagues, promoting equal opportunities for everyone.
• School Spirit Leader 🎉: Uphold and promote the awesome values and ethos of our school.
• Policy Pro 📜: Understand and implement all school policies and procedures, including those on customer care, finance, data protection, ICT, health & safety, anti-bullying, and safeguarding/child protection.
• Safety Superhero 🦸: Take a proactive approach to health and safety, working with the team to minimize risks and contribute to a secure school environment. Challenge anything that doesn't feel right!

If you're a motivated, organized, and positive individual ready to make a real impact, we can't wait to hear from you! 🙌

Key responsibilities

• Provide administrative and ICT support, including word processing, data entry, and website maintenance.
• Undertake reception duties, manage enquiries, and welcome visitors in line with procedures.
• Support basic financial administration tasks, such as bookkeeping and petty cash management.
• Offer general clerical support, including filing, mail distribution, and taking meeting notes.
• Maintain and collate school registers, pupil reports, and other routine data.

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade 9-4/A*-C), Maths (grade 9-4/A*-C))