Business Administration Apprentice - Sitwell Nursery & Infant School
Sitwell Nursery & Infant School
Apprenticeship Level 3
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About the Role
- Receptionist duties including answering the telephone, sending emails and greeting parents along with basic administration assistance for the school, including the oversight of school registers each day.
- You will work towards completing the level 3 Business Administration qualification.
- Act as the first point of contact for parents and visitors arriving at the school.
- Deal with telephone and face-to-face enquiries efficiently and in a professional and supportive manner.
- Seek support from other colleagues where necessary to respond to complex enquiries.
- Respond to messages promptly and accurately, passing on information to relevant staff members as necessary.
- Assist staff and children with the information and support they need.
- Manage and organise completed forms from parents.
- Organise and distribute incoming and outgoing post.
- Provide administrative support to staff as needed.
- Assist with checking and distribution of stock.
- Carry out filing, printing, laminating and photocopying. Maintain the operation of the printer and photocopier to ensure it is ready to use at all times, resolving any issues as necessary.
- Keep records in accordance with the school’s record retention schedule and data protection law, ensuring information security and confidentiality at all times.
- Operate the school's computer systems for recording and retrieving purposes, including the production of spreadsheets, inventories, databases, accounts and other information as required.
- To requisition supplies, and to check and record deliveries of supplies to the school.
- Manage the lost property.
- To maintain attendance registers on a daily basis and telephone parents of absentees on the first day of absence if the school has not been notified of a reason for absence.
- To liaise with the Senior Admin Assistant/Headteacher for children with persistent absence.
- Write and send email responses that are professional and uphold the school’s vision and values.
- Update and distribute online and offline communications, e.g. letters, newsletters, school website.
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- You may be offered a permanent position with the school after completion of the apprenticeship.
About the Training
- Training will be delivered by LMP Education remotely.
- You will work with a tutor on a 121 basis where you will receive support throughout.
About the Employer
We are a larger than average sized infant school, with capacity for 222 children from Foundation Stage 2 to Year 2. We have a two form entry into Foundation Stage 2 with a standard intake number of 60 children, which may rise or fall within the year.
We are situated in a residential part of Rotherham, close to the motorway, General Hospital and town centre. We are fortunate to share a pleasant and extensive site with Sitwell Junior School, with whom we have close liaison; this helps us provide a continuity of education for children from 4-11 years. We are very proud to be a diverse and multi-cultural school, with over 20 languages represented!
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Hard Working
Training Provider
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Course/Training
Business administrator (level 3)
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