Business Admin Apprentice
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Position Overview & Specifications
Salary £16000 per year
Duration 18 months
Advert closing date 18/08/2023
Description
Would you like to work for a blue chip organisation with global sales exceeding £200m? If you are interested in a career in business admin or business support; the skills and qualifications you will pick up from this role with Blickle will set you up to work in any industry of your choice.
Role and responsibilities:
The role is predominantly 80% administration and 20% answering the phone. Some examples of your duties will include:
- Telephone orders and queries
- Working with in-house software (SAP) to raise quotations
- Creating sales orders and getting involved in the complete sales process
- Responding to and sending emails
- Training and becoming more knowledgeable about our products
- Online training modules to support this
- Software training to understand our processes
- Courier reports
- Warehouse duties
- Passionate about providing the very highest level of customer care
- An effective communicator; written and verbal
- Ability to multi task
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent ability to learn and absorb information
- Some interest in a technical environment
- A bubbly personality, people person eager to start a career in a sales environment
- A technical interest, the product can have some interesting technical bias
- A good level of education in Maths and English
GCSE – English & Maths Grade 6 or above.
Competent IT skills.
Predicted grades will be accepted.
Training to be provided
- Full product training, and access to all areas in a busy sales office environment.
- On the job training
- Training with MK college
- Technical training through our in-house development training modules
- Business Administrator Level 3
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
Our current apprentice is now moving into a full time internal sales role, we invest in people and want you to have a long term career with Blickle.
Hours per week 39
Working week Shift Pattern: Monday – Thurs 8.00-5.00 pm with a 1-hour lunch Friday 8.00-4.00 pm with a 1-hour lunch
Apprenticeship standard Business administrator (Level 3)
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, MK8 0AB
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Colleges & Universities
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Business Admin Apprentice roles across MK College's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Colleges & Universities.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £16,000 - £16,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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