Office Admin Apprentice–(Intermediate, Level 2 or Advanced, Level 3) Fixed Term
Felixstowe School
Felixstowe, Suffolk
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £5.00 per hour aged 16-18, £5.00 per hour aged 19 or over within the first year of apprenticeship, national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 19 March 2018
Job overview
£5.00 per hour aged 16-18,
£5.00 per hour aged 19 or over within the first year of apprenticeship, national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices,
37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Felixstowe Academy is situated on the beautiful Suffolk coast; a fantastic place to live and work, a reasonable travelling distance from London, Cambridge and Norwich. We are an inclusive 11-18 Academy and part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET). We have a new state of the art building equipped with a ‘super-lab’, a number of multi-purpose learning spaces, performance spaces which are set in large grounds on the edge of Felixstowe.
Technology is at the cutting edge of developments, with access to iPads for staff as well as Chromebooks for students. Achievement and participation in Sports and Arts are very high with students succeeding at local, county and national level. In addition, we can offer you a welcoming environment with supportive colleagues, and a strong focus on staff induction, training and development.
We are looking to appoint an Office Admin Assistant to join our team and contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the school office as well as providing reception cover as and when required. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to learn about office / finance processes, and quality customer service, all within a secondary school environment.
You will complete a Level 2 BTEC Certificate in Business Administration. You may also be required to complete Literacy, Numeracy and IT Functional Skills (this will be determined by existing qualifications). Your Trainer/Assessor will assess you in the workplace every 4 weeks. In between these meetings you will have dedicated time away from your job to work on the apprenticeship and collate evidence for your apprenticeship e-portfolio with ongoing support from your Manager and Trainer/Assessor.
This is an exciting opportunity to be in a real job, with real variety, from day one whilst working towards a qualification.
To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, applicants must have resided in the UK or EEA for 3 years prior to the start of the Apprenticeship and must not hold a level 3 (or equivalent) qualification or above. Please note: applicants must not be a graduate or have already completed a Level 2 Business Administration apprenticeship
This will be a fixed term position and the duration of the apprenticeship will be determined by the job role and current skills.
Please note: AET has their own in house apprenticeship scheme and do not work with any other training providers to deliver Apprenticeships.
As the sponsor, AET believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners – to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first rate educational environment with the best facilities, the best teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them. In each of our academies, you will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills with access to world-class CPD and Talent Management programmes. You will also be entitled to the following benefits: a health cash plan, vehicle affinity scheme, Cycle2work, childcare vouchers and rewards.
This position is required to commence as soon as possible. Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.
For any queries or if you would like to arrange a visit please contact Julie Cumberland at jcumberland@felixstoweacademy.org or call the school office on 01394 288228
Closing date: Monday 19 March 2018.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with are safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. To apply, please click on the 'quick apply' button.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements. Please visit our website http://www.academiesenterprisetrust.org/our-teaching-school/our-school-direct-teacher-training-vacancies for further details..
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About Felixstowe School
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Our School
Felixstowe School opened in September 2011, is located in an impressive 21st century education centre – a centre the whole community can be proud of. The building itself opened in April 2014, and provide impressive teaching premises.
With these fantastic resources, the school currently delivers education to over 1200 students, with approximately 150 in the school's sixth form.
We offer 21st century resources which serve to deliver a diverse range of exciting and challenging courses to our students across all Key Stages. We have a suite of well equipped ICT suites, along with a number of Chromebook trolleys as bookable resources to aid learning. We are pleased our students are at the forefront of the progression of technology in the classroom.
The school has an excellent range of purpose built sport facilities; this includes two sports halls, County and Sport England standard netball courts, an all weather pitch, tennis courts and vast open grounds that cater for Football, Rugby, Cricket and Athletics.
Within the Arts, our music suite offers up to date facilities for music composition, performance and recording, whilst our Performance and Production Arts students benefit from two large performance areas alongside a well-equipped 440 seat Main Hall.
With the best Science resources, Art and Photography studios, Technology rooms, AV Media Studio, Computing suites, alongside classroom and teaching resources in place for the next generation of students, we believe in partnership with parents and carers we will enable all students to receive an excellent education.
Felixstowe School is a special place with caring staff who genuinely want the very best for every student. We hope you choose to become part of our school community that has everything in place to provide a perfect platform for our students to fulfil their hopes, dreams and aspirations.
We very much hope that if you decide to join our community here at Felixstowe School you will see all of this in action! Our students are bright, articulate young people and they will be only too willing to invite you in and show you around their school. Please contact the PA to the Headteacher, Miss K Adams, at office@fxs.org.uk to arrange a tour!
The area
Felixstowe is an Edwardian seaside town the River Orwell and River Deben on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom.
Our Vision
We are proud to be a comprehensive school, where students from all backgrounds and abilities can come together to be part of our school. Students can be proud to be a member of the Felixstowe School community, and of the wider community within Felixstowe. We want our students to achieve their full potential, enjoying an education that develops their skills and enhances their strengths and aptitudes. We also recognise that each student is part of a wider, national and global community outside of Felixstowe, and to this end we want our students also to develop into outstanding citizens, and contribute to the society in which they live.
Inspiration, Influence, Integrity
We asked staff and students to think about the creation of a vision statement, reflecting aspects already achieved by the community at Felixstowe School as well as our aspirations for the school.
The process included an opportunity for us to reflect on the what the values of 'Inspiration', 'Influence' and 'Integrity' meant to us as a community and as individuals, before developing the words and ideas that would form our Vision. These values along with our vision will enable us to provide the excellent education provision that this community deserves.
Resilience - Independence - Confidence - Happiness
Much of our focus now is around raising standards, improving the quality of teaching and learning, improved curriculum provision and excellent care, guidance and support. We have unrelenting high standards of all members of our school community. Our key aim is to provide a unique balance of fun, excitement and a love of learning with high expectations and aspirations. This will culminate in a rich and vibrant learning environment where students work hard and dream big!
Felixstowe School is a special place with caring staff who genuinely want the very best for every child. We hope who you choose to become part of this wonderful school community that will provide a perfect platform for your child to fulfil their hopes, dreams and aspirations.
We very much hope that if you decide to join our community here at Felixstowe School you will see all of this in action! Our students are bright, articulate young people and they will be only too willing to invite you in and show you around their school.
Ofsted
To view our Ofsted reports please click here.
Our Trust
We are proud to be part of Unity Schools Partnership.
Unity Schools Partnership is a family of secondary, primary and special schools located mainly in Suffolk, and also on the Essex and Cambridgeshire borders as well as Romford in East London.
We share the same values and face similar issues, while providing a close network of support and challenge.
We recognise the unique characteristics of each of the communities we work in and how they are reflected in distinctive school cultures.
We are committed to a partnership that respects, sustains and supports. We encourage cultural diversity, celebrate the special qualities of each of our schools and recognise that communities must develop and grow to become sustainable.
Our central belief is that every young life is special – open to possibility, gifted with the potential to change the world for the better. Our ambition is to unlock the potential of all children, remove the barriers to aspiration and ensure that all our children succeed.
To find out more about our Trust, visit https://www.unitysp.co.uk
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