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Business Administration Apprentice

Business Administration Apprentice

The Two Counties Trust

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

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Salary:
£5.00 per hour / national rates whichever is the higher
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
21 June 2019

Job overview

Job Title:  Business Administration Apprentice

Grade and Salary:  £5.00 per hour / national rates whichever is the higher

Working pattern:  Full Time - 37 hours per week, year-round 

The role:

Based in Kirkby in Ashfield, the Trust provides a range of business services to a number of schools who are members of our Trust including the provision of Finance, Payroll, HR and IT support. This is a new post and has been created to support members of the Trust with a range of administrative duties and perform a front of house customer service role.

The person:

We are seeking a school leaver who is looking to develop their career in an office environment. 

Training will be provided under the Apprenticeship Programme to achieve a qualification in Business Administration at Level 3.

To be considered for this opportunity you need to be confident, enthusiastic, proficient in the use of IT, possess clear communication skills and be driven to deliver excellent customer service.

Why join us?:

The Two Counties Trust has a forward-thinking HR strategy with all the professional benefits that this brings for staff. We are easily reached by public transport, and for those who drive, there is a large staff carpark. The school has exceptional facilities for staff and pupils, and you will be provided with high quality CPD throughout your time with us. Students really want to learn and achieve and in turn they have high expectations of their teachers and education support staff.

We offer:

• An ethos of high expectations for students and staff;

• A professionally stimulating and supportive working environment;

• A full staff induction; 

• A strong commitment to professional development, progression, incentives and benefits for all staff; 

• Career-average pension scheme; and

• Onsite Gym plus access to discounted membership.

The Trust is committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people.  The offer of appointment will be subject to enhanced level DBS clearance, receipt of two good references and satisfactory completion of other vetting procedures.

Closing date for applications: 21 June 2019, 12 noon

Interviews will be held on: 26 June 2019 

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates who meet the minimum job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

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About The Two Counties Trust

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  • The Two Counties Trust
  • Ashfield School, Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham
  • Nottinghamshire
  • NG17 8HP
  • United Kingdom
+44 1623 259 600

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Welcome to The Two Counties Trust

There are many reasons to choose our Trust as a great place to start or develop your career. We recognise the importance of happy, rewarded, and motivated employees and as such we have developed our HR and Professional Learning strategies to invest in people.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within the central team, externally, and across the Trust, offering extensive professional learning for all employees.

We have removed appraisal and appraisal related progression, recognising the limitations and changed the focus from proving to improving through professional growth which is focused on individual ambitions, enabling everyone to get a little bit better all the time.

We are committed to your welfare as an employee and alongside our own wellbeing and workload management arrangements we have signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. If you need additional support on a range of matters, an Employee Assistance Programme is available to you from day one of employment.

We offer highly competitive pay, including some points above national rate, an array of employee benefits including extensive high street retail discounts, gym membership and discounted healthcare.

There are an array of centralised systems which are designed to save you time and avoid duplication of effort, these are based on the work of experts across the Trust, meaning that your time can be focused where you need it to be.

We hope you will join us in a great environment where you can work with a team of dedicated and like-minded professionals.

The Two Counties Trust

With secondary schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we are an ambitious Trust with a strong reputation. We have nine secondary schools, over 11,000 students and 1,500 employees.

We exist to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share. Collectively we serve our communities by educating and preparing our students for the next steps in their lives.

Leaders across the Trust are fully committed to striving for excellence in all that we do. We understand that families trust us each day with their most prized possession i.e their child, and we all are here to serve the students in our care.

Our values are:

Ambition:   We maximise our potential through striving for excellence.

Teamwork: We give 100% effort, displaying kindness and humility for the benefit of all.

Honesty:    We are respectfully open about our successes and areas for growth.

To find out more about us, please go to The Two Counties Trust website.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Trust in the near future.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, receipt of references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify incidents or issues that may have happened, and which are publicly available online, which we may need to explore with shortlisted candidates.

The Trust's policies on Safeguarding and the employment of ex-offenders can be located at:  www.ttct.co.uk/our-trust/policies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

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