Business and Administration Apprentice

Job summary

Are you looking to kick-start your career? Would you like to build administrative experience in a busy and supportive team? Then our apprenticeship could be for you! This new apprenticeship role is based within Imperial’s Investment Property Office. Like many universities, Imperial owns land and buildings; we call these our ‘property assets’ and they include things like commercial lettings, student accommodation and key worker...

Job listing information

  • Reference FOG00729
  • Date posted 21 September 2022
  • Closing date 9 October 2022

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking to kick-start your career? Would you like to build administrative experience in a busy and supportive team? Then our apprenticeship could be for you!

This new apprenticeship role is based within Imperial’s Investment Property Office. Like many universities, Imperial owns land and buildings; we call these our ‘property assets’ and they include things like commercial lettings, student accommodation and key worker accommodation. The Investment Property Office is responsible for managing and developing these property assets, helping to deliver financial benefits to the College.

As our apprentice, you will be provide vital administrative support to the Investment Property Office team, taking on a variety of progressively more demanding activities as your skills and experience grow. You will also be supported to gain a formal qualification that will help you in your future career.

Duties and responsibilities

You will be fully trained to undertake a variety of generalist office administration including basic financial administration, creating documents, coordinating meetings, helping to manage our website and responding to first-line enquiries from our customers. You will also spend 20% of your time undertaking a special programme of development aligned to the Business Administrator apprenticeship standard.

Essential requirements

You will need (or expect to gain) grade 9–4 (A*-C) at GCSE in Maths and English. No prior work experience is required. We are looking for enthusiastic people with good communication, organisation and time management skills. Remember to tell us about this in your application! 

Further information

Full details of this role can be found on the Job Description.

This is a full time and fixed term role.

To apply, please visit our website and complete an online application form.

 

Please note that applicants who do not provide a written supporting statement will not be considered for interview.

 

Closing date – 9 October 2022

Interviews for this post will be held on 20 October 2022

Find out more here about being an apprentice at Imperial.

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About Imperial College London

Imperial College London is the UK’s only university focussed entirely on science, engineering, medicine and business and we are consistently rated in the top 10 universities in the world.

You will find our main London campus in South Kensington, with our hospital campuses located nearby in West and North London. We also have Silwood Park in Berkshire and state-of-the-art facilities in development at our major new campus in White City.

We work in a multidisciplinary and diverse community for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle the big global challenges our complex world faces.

It’s our mission to achieve enduring excellence in all that we do for the benefit of society – and we are looking for the most talented people to help us get there.

Additional information

Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are: 

  • Respect              
  • Collaboration
  • Excellence          
  • Integrity
  • Innovation

In addition to the above, employees are required to observe and comply with all College policies and regulations.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

For technical issues when applying online please email support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk.