Apprentice Business Administrator

Rmet, Gillingham, ME8 6JS

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  25 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,243.00 Annually (Actual)

Apprentice Business Administrator job summary

Salary: £16,243 per annum

Hours: 37 hours, Fixed Term (15-18 months), all year round (52 weeks)

Required: September 2025

Rainham Mark Education Trust is looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice Business Administrator who will join our team at our Head Office in Twydall. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience whilst contributing to the smooth running of our organisation. As the first point of contact for visitors to the Trust, you will represent our values and professionalism at all times. This is a fixed term position for between 15-18 months for 37 hours per week (including the 20% training element of the apprenticeship), all year round. This is an opportunity that offers a great chance to learn on the job while earning and gaining a Level 3 Business Administration qualification.

Key Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
• Confident IT skills (Microsoft Office and related systems)
• Professional manner
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Positive work ethic and willingness to learn

Essential entry qualifications: 5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or equivalent, including Mathematics and English.

Why join Rainham Mark Education Trust:

We are a family of schools in Rainham, Kent consisting of one Grammar and two primary schools. Our core purpose is to cultivate wisdom, character and strength in our students so they can understand, celebrate and shape the world in which they live. We believe education is “the wise, hopeful and respectful cultivation of learning and change”, and that it should be accessible to every young person, regardless of background. Together, we build communities through ambition, aspiration, and inclusion - shaping not only exam results, but the character and contributions of each young person.

Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust:

• Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (contracts over 15 hours)
• Free Health Checks
• Free Flu Jabs
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• High quality CPD opportunities
• Discounted gym membership at Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Onsite free parking
• A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance

Applications for this role are only accepted via My New Term.

Closing date: 25th August 2025 at 12pm

This vacancy will close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Rmet

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rmet

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