Your new role
We’re excited to be looking for a new Business Administration Apprentice to join our busy Central Support Services team to make sure our customers continue to receive a service second to none – and we need you!
There will be an opportunity to rotate around various administrative teams including Central Support Admin and Performance and Support.
As a Business Administration Apprentice, you will learn about and provide a full, effective, and efficient administration service to support the business including responsive repairs, gas contract works, voids, cyclical, grounds maintenance, planned maintenance, supplier management and work schedulers, helping to provide the best possible services to our customers.
You will be working towards the completing the Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship. Off the job training, and study time will be provided, where you will have the time to complete your portfolio work, attend relevant training courses, mentoring and being shadowed/shadowing others within the organisation.
Remember, we don’t just want to do things the way they’ve always been done, we want do things even better!
This is a busy role so enthusiasm, a can-do attitude and a genuine passion for always wanting to go the extra mile and get things right first time will be essential.
Your day will include:
* Developing skills and competency relevant to business administrative tasks, assisting trade colleagues and supporting all service areas within the Commercial Services team.
* Understanding health and safety requirements and other relevant legislation and Codes of Practice.
* Being supported by your supervisor and a mentor.
* Attending college and completing all course work on time and to a high standard.
You’ll be customer focused, a team player with an eye for detail and flexibility to meet team priorities. You’ll be IT literate with good communication skills and able to manage conflicting priorities with a high level of accuracy.
Does this sound like the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Then we’d love to hear from you!
Interviews will be held at either at our Eastleigh office (SO50 6AD)
If you have any questions, you can contact our Homecare Apprenticeship Coordinator, Charm Liddle at homecareapprentices@abri.co.uk.
If you need any help with your CV and application you can also contact our Employment Services team who can offer you support for free, just call 0800 432 0570.
Who we are
Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 55,000 homes and various community assets, serving more than 120,000 customers across the South of England.
We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?
We’re investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.
* We’re delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it’s needed most
* We’re investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone
As we grow, we’re re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.
More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at .
What you can expect
What you can expect
28 days holiday + the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
Money off tons of high street and online retailers
Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
Generous parental and family leave
Health and wellbeing packages
Flexible working
Free eye tests
Cycle to Work scheme
About you
We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team.
Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.
If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you!
Be yourself
Abri is committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We want our colleagues to bring their individual differences, life experiences and knowledge into the workplace and we welcome their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.
To our agency friends
We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We’re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you’d like to be considered at a future date please don’t hesitate to register on our procurement portal.