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Administration
Secretaries provide administrative support for all types of organisations.
You may find it useful to take a course in administration or secretarial skills. Colleges offer full-time and part-time courses, including awards, certificates and diplomas. Useful subjects include: business administration, typing, audio transcription, computer skills and shorthand.
You'll usually need 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or the equivalent, including English and maths.
Volunteering
Volunteering, for example with a charity, could help you to get some relevant experience. It's a good way of developing IT and office skills that are valued by employers.
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In your day-to-day tasks you could:
With experience, you could become a personal assistant or office manager. You could also move into human resources work, or train as a legal or medical secretary.
Human resources (HR) officers hire employees and help develop their careers, and look after employee relations, benefits and welfare.
Interpreters convert the spoken word from one language into another, either face-to-face or remotely.
Accounting technicians handle day-to-day financial matters in all types of businesses.
Estates officers are responsible for the management and upkeep of land and property belonging to local councils and public bodies.
Bid writers prepare the documents used to pitch for contracts to provide services, or to apply for project funding.
Personal assistants carry out support tasks for individuals and managers including administration, diary management and event planning.
Kennelpak Limited is a supplier of pet food products, accessories and toys at Wholesale as well as providing a range of pet services from dog grooming to training, advice and medication. They are looking to recruit a People Admin Apprentice based at their head office is based in Stapleford, Nottingham.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice to join our Shared Service team at Team Valley Gateshead. Reporting into the Shared Service Supervisor, you will get involved with our new starter journey from candidate application to onboarding them ready for their first day with the business.
We believe in growing and developing our own talent and as an Apprentice you will be given full in-house and the relevant manufacturer training to enable you to become the best that you can be, all whilst working towards your Business administration standard.
This is a great opportunity for a dedicated and committed individual who wants to become a fully qualified Business Administrator.
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This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Administration Apprentice to sit in the Topic Selection team within the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation (CHTE) directorate. The successful candidate will play an integral role in supporting the team, providing a range of administrative duties.
We will be offering a unique opportunity to learn within the electrical wholesale industry. It is a specialised industry supplying electricians, industries, NHS, and homeowners alike.
Opportunity for an ambitious individual to work in a busy recruitment agency. We are looking for a person who would like to begin their career in Recruitment!
Are you passionate about customer service? Then you could join the UK’s leading Healthcare Charity. We’re recruiting great people to our friendly, welcoming Newcastle hospital. If you are looking to get your career started, you could join us here.
Embarking on an apprenticeship at Amey is an incredible journey allowing you to gain a nationally recognised qualification whilst obtaining practical work experience and building core skills to help progress and shape the direction of your career!
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