Business Administration Apprentice (Exams)

Business Administration Apprentice (Exams)

We welcome applications for this support post to commence as soon as possible for a period of 20 months.

The Role

To help to support the Exams Team in providing an effective Examinations service.

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a motivated and organised individual to join our team as a Business Administration Apprentice. As part of this apprenticeship, you will be undertaking a Level 3 Business Administration qualification, enabling you to build valuable skills and knowledge for a successful career in administration.

You will work alongside a supportive and friendly team, where you will have the chance to contribute to key administrative functions while also learning from experienced colleagues. The Exams Department has three experienced members of staff who are responsible for the smooth running of all external examinations (and four sets of internal examinations) across college and extending to LUSOM. This includes everything from registrations and entries, preparing for exam days, the exam days themselves, post results services and final certificates. This is a busy area of college, and we work with lots of stakeholders – students and their parents, staff across college including teachers, learning support, achievement tutors, networks and estates, and also the awarding bodies.

We adhere to strict rules and regulations regarding confidential and secure materials and so excellent organisation and close attention to detail are essential to our work. If you are passionate about developing your administrative skills in a professional, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you! This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and grow within a welcoming and collaborative department.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include providing an accurate, efficient data processing and administrative service within the Examinations team, liaising with students, Additional Support, Awarding Organisations and the curriculum and processing entries to and results from Awarding Organisations via the college database and Awarding Organisation websites. For the full job description please see attached ‘Job Pack’.

The Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate to join our friendly and supportive team.

The Exams department is looking for someone who has excellent organisation skills and pays close attention to detail, a good working knowledge of IT packages including Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, Outlook etc, is able to input data accurately, can work under pressure and meet deadlines and can co-operate, collaborate and communicate effectively with college staff, both from within and outside the department.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 37 hours per week, term time plus 4 weeks. Starting and finishing times as agreed.

Salary:

In line with the Government minimum wage rates:

Pro rata to £16,591.90 (age 18-20), actual salary £15,784.32

Pro rata to £22,071.09 (age 21 and over), actual salary £20,996.82

The salary will increase pro rata to £24,309.07 after one year (actual salary £23,125.22 per annum).

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11.59pm on Monday 3rd March 2025

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including: 

• Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff 
• Pro rata to 22 days holiday (increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service) plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
• A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
• Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
• Free use of the on-site gym 
• Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
• Flu Vouchers
• Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Completed application forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Department by 11.59pm on 3rd March 2025. Please note we do not accept TES statements.

We will confirm receipt of all applications by email within one working day of receipt. Please call the HR team if you have not received a confirmation email by the closing date. We do ask that you accept, in the interests of economy, that if you have not heard from us by the end of March that you have not been selected for interview on this occasion.

Further Information

Further details are available at http://www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk/ or by telephone to the college on 01772 460181 or 07730 521 540.

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks.