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Business Administrator Apprentice - Building Services
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Introduction
Portsmouth City Council are offering a great opportunity for an apprentice to support the administration and governance of the Asbestos Service and the administration of projects. Candidates must be enthusiastic, effective communicators with excellent attention to detail, and able to manage multiple demands and workstreams.
About The Employer
Portsmouth City Council's Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate manages council housing, corporate property maintenance, building safety regulations, and capital construction projects across roughly 17,000 council homes and 900 corporate buildings.
The council is committed to their values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and being people-focussed. These values set out how they can contribute to the success of the council and your own success as an individual.
What You'll Do
Sitting within the Housing, Neighbourhoods and Building Services directorate, you will be directly reporting to the Asbestos Manager and supporting them and the Compliance Manager by:
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- Arranging and providing administrative support in meetings including the production of agendas, meeting minutes, risk registers, and management of action logs.
- Uploading and monitoring information on our IT systems, for example reviewing, interrogating, and updating compliance activities on the Repairs and Maintenance Databases and PowerBi Dashboards.
- Supporting with the organising, producing, and printing of asbestos management plans.
- Supporting with general administrative duties, including sending letters, raising orders, arranging appointments with sites and clients, providing information to asbestos consultants, and dealing with asbestos queries.
- Arranging appointments for the asbestos surveyors to undertake surveys with building users.
- Supporting with the compliance inbox specifically in relation to asbestos management.
- Managing the administrative duties related to asbestos surveys, sampling, and certification in order to ensure accurate record keeping related to asbestos management.
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Training Outcome
This is a fixed-term contract but HTP Apprenticeship College will help with career progression opportunities.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Qualifications
- Desired - GCSE - English & Maths - 4-9 or A*-C
Course Information
- Course: Business administrator (level 3)
- Level: 3
- Route: Business and administration
- Apprenticeship Level: Advanced
Working Arrangements
- Working Week: Business operational hours are 8am to 6pm with core hours between 9:30-12:00 and 2pm-4pm, but there will need to be flexible to reflect the fact that most services are provided 24 hours, 365 days of the year.
- Expected Duration: 1 Year 4 Months
- Training Provider: HTP APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE LTD
This employer is part of the Disability Confident scheme, committed to employing disabled people.
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