Business Admin Apprenticeship

Business Admin Level 3 Apprenticeship – St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual, who is hard working and eager to join our admin team as a Business Admin Apprentice. We are looking to recruit a confident, personable individual that can work independently and as a part of a team.

Key Details

Salary: £24,796 per annual

Working hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 3:30pm (37 hours per week)

Location: Port of Liverpool Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 1BY

Apprenticeship Details - 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Business Administration Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)

This is an exciting opportunity to join St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust at a time of continued growth and development. As Apprentice Business Support Officer, the postholder will provide professional administrative and organisational support to the Central Team, with a particular focus on supporting the Business Support Officer in the provision of executive support to the Chief Executive Officer. Day to day duties will include:

• The role will support the effective management of the CEO’s diary, correspondence, meetings and administrative requirements, while developing business administration skills through a structured apprenticeship programme.
• The postholder will work closely with colleagues across the Central Team and schools, helping to ensure that central services are responsive, well organised and aligned with the Trust’s values and professional standards.
• This apprenticeship is intended to provide a structured development pathway into a substantive Business Support Officer position within the Trust, subject to successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, performance and organisational need.
• Support the Business Support Officer in managing the CEO’s diary, appointments and meeting schedule.
• Assist with arranging internal and external meetings, including venue bookings, invitations, agendas, papers and logistics.
• Prepare meeting documentation, take notes or minutes when required and ensure follow-up actions are recorded and shared appropriately.
• Monitor shared inboxes, respond to routine enquiries and direct correspondence to the
• appropriate colleagues in a professional and timely manner.
• Assist with drafting routine correspondence, letters, communications, reports, spreadsheets and presentations using Microsoft Office applications.
• Support the coordination of Trust events, conferences, training activities, travel arrangements and accommodation bookings where required.
• Maintain accurate electronic filing systems, databases and records, ensuring information is stored appropriately and in line with Trust procedures.
• Provide administrative support to Central Team departments, including support for policies, procedures, documentation, procurement and ordering processes.
• Act as a professional first point of contact for enquiries to the Central Team, building positive relationships with schools, colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Successfully complete the Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard, participate fully in off-the-job training and apply learning to improve performance.

Essential Requirements

• GCSEs or equivalent in Math and English (required).
• Commitment to completing the Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard and applying learning in the workplace.

Desired skills & qualities:

• Willingness to learn and develop new skills.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Strong administration, organisational and planning skills.
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, who places high value on attention to detail.
• An ability to adapt quickly, be flexible in the face of change and solution orientated.
• Flexible approach, with the ability to work alone.
• Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to build rapport and positive relationships with all levels of the organisation.
• Committed to always providing excellent customer services.
• Knowledge of computer programs i.e. Microsoft Office.
• Experience of working in a challenging environment.

About the Employer and benefits

St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is a based in the Liverpool City Region with six primary and four secondary academies. As a united family of academies, we are fully aligned around our central mission to transform children’s lives by providing them with a world-class Catholic education.

The Trust guarantees an excellent Catholic education to all families. Our children are entitled to access an ambitious curriculum and excellent teaching, which allow them to achieve and exceed national expectations regardless of their starting points.

Everyone involved in St Joseph CMAT is highly committed to the pursuit of high achievement. We aim for all of our academies to be at least ‘Good’ with performance in the top 20% of schools nationally in all measures, particularly in Religious Education. Our robust educational strategy, which is informed by the highest-performing Trusts in the country, is designed to ensure that all children learn to read confidently and achieve well across the curriculum so that they can go on to use their God-given gifts to make the world a better place.

St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust has sponsor status. We are able to provide intensive support to schools who find themselves in a vulnerable position and onboard ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ schools who choose to join as converter academies. For all academies in the Trust, there is a guarantee of high-quality professional development for all colleagues.

There are many good reasons to work with us. We have a real sense of community, striving to make a difference to children’s education. You will be part, too of the wider Archdiocese family and in the company of some of the best people in education.

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