Business Administration Apprentice

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 04 June 2024

Salary in year one:          

£13,886 if aged under 18

£16,599 if 18 to 20

£22,081 if 21 or over

The Role

We are proud to offer an opportunity for Business Administration Apprentice to join our Finance Team.

You will develop highly transferable experience, knowledge, skills and that can be applied in other work environments in a variety of employers. These skills will ensure you have a solid understanding of business basics which will build you a foundation for a successful career.  Alongside this, you will have the practical experience of working in a large and multidisciplinary educational organisation.  We will work with everyone to identify suitable roles beyond their apprenticeship.

The apprenticeship positions will be for a period of 18-24 months from your start date and include a period of 3 months at the end where we will work with you on your final assessment.

We are looking for people who can develop, implement and maintain administration services to support a diverse team of finance colleagues.  You will have many opportunities to develop your team working skills and learn quicky from experienced colleagues who will be there to help and support you.
 

About you

As part of the requirements for being able to access apprenticeship funding, you will need to have eligible residency status and the right to work in England.  You should be able to start your apprenticeship after the last Friday in June of the academic year in which you have your 16th birthday or thereafter.  

It is preferred that you have 5 GCSEs at Grade C or Level 4 and above (or the equivalent outside of the UK), including Maths and English.  Although, we have opportunities to support you with achieving this standard if you have not.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate good communication, organisation and team working skills from any part of your life experience to date.

Please reach out to us by contacting Paige Patterson at Paige.Patterson@newcastle.ac.uk if you have any questions. 

What’s in it for you?

During your apprenticeship with us, you will be supported by an in-house Apprenticeship Skills Coach who will meet with you monthly to carry out observations and help you collate evidence that will be used for your final assessment.  They will also lead on providing you with learning and development opportunities, events, workshops, and projects to work on during the course of your normal working week with us, that will ultimately support you in achieving your Level 3 in Business Administration.

• You will also be assigned a mentor and manager in your host department, who will help you embed your learning into day-to-day life in the role.  They will give you the space to be able to practice and learn new skills in real life situations.  
• We can also provide you with a Functional Skills Tutor if you do not have level 4/Grade C and above in Maths and English.
• We will also support you with workshops to support you in applying for permanent positions within the university and we hope this will be the start of your long term career journey with us.
• We have over 6,000 colleagues and opportunities for you to move into more specialised positions and access further learning.

 
How do I apply?

To apply, please complete the mandatory fields in the application form including providing an answer of no more than 250 words to the  questions we ask at the very end.  Please note, you do not need to upload a CV or covering letter for this position.

We will be in touch by 10 June 2024 to let you know the outcome of your application. 

If successful, you will be invited to take an online skills assessment and then if selected at that stage, invited to attend an interview on 21 June 2024.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 27052