Business Support Administrator Apprentice

Salary: £26,000 per year

Business Support Administrator Apprentice

Communications, Finance, HR, Training or Connections Team

Salary From: £26,000(rising every 6 months £500) plus travel to work costs(bus fares)

Programme: 2 years

Location: Leeds – Thorpe Park Colton

Monday- Friday 40 hours per week

Projected

The Opportunity: Our apprenticeships last 2 years, in this time you will get the opportunity to earn as you learn. In this time, you will undertake a qualification, you will be given a mentor for help and support, you will learn about our business as a whole, not just the role which you are training for. We aim to give you real-life work experience as well as the qualifications to succeed in the future.

In addition to being paid whilst you learn, we will help you get your driving license by paying for some lessons, a theory and a practical test.

We are seeking applications from anyone who is passionate and has an interest in our business. This opportunity is about vocational success. So, we are not looking for any formal qualification we are looking for people possess some key behaviours (team working, ‘can do’ attitude, problem-solving skills, and passion to succeed)

Here’s a taster of what this apprenticeship will involve:

• Learn how to be an effective team member and provide a full support service to one of the following seven departments working in either the Operational Training, Finance, Connections, Communications or HR teams
• Provide support completing administration tasks and helping the departments run successfully.
• Support the function to deliver effective learning and development/finance/communication/connections or HR strategy.
• Credible learning ‘go to’ contact on queries.
• Improve your organisational skills and how to multitask and prioritise workload
• Undertake an appropriate Level qualification in Business Administration

So, who are we?

are a team of underground and overground heroes that keep our 2,700,000 customers in the North of England ‘cooking on gas’. Our network is VAST and measures the same as travelling from our headquarters in Leeds, UK to Sydney, Australia…and then back again!

However, we are not ‘just pipes’ either!

We care about our people, our communities and our planet.

Take our H21 project, for example. This project supports the conversion of the UK gas networks from natural gas to hydrogen. This will reduce carbon emissions in line with the UK commitment to achieve net zero by 2050… Talk about changing the future! Or how about our recent Connecting Homes for Health project? This connected some of the most vulnerable in our society, with cold-related ill health/ respiratory conditions to the gas grid for the first time ever.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We value equality, diversity and inclusion at NGN and this is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our mind-blowingly great team of people.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our ‘Opportunity Action Plan’ having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a ‘force for good’ in the communities that we serve.

If you require adjustments to support in your application, we want to hear about how we can help. Any applicants that require reasonable adjustments throughout the selection process/ further flexibility are able contact us directly to inform us of any additional support that is required.

If you require adjustments made to the standard interview process (e.g. a working interview or a different interview format) then please contact the Recruitment Team:

What we offer you:

• 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
• A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
• SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay 
• Company funded Life Assurance
• An array of fantastic family- friendly policies such as 6 weeks’ paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months’ full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more. 
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options… from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days…and exclusive NGN discounts and much more! Salary sacrifice can only be applied for if earning above minimum wage.

To apply:

Please apply via our online process and ensure to include as much information about yourself that you feel relevant to your application.

No need to worry about a CV, instead, please submit a cover letter of no more than 500 words. Please answer the following:

1. Which department do you have an interest in working and why? You can pick more than one if you wish. The departments are training, finance, connections, communications or HR.
2. Why do you want to work specifically for Northern Gas Networks?
3. Where did you hear about the apprenticeship?

Dependant on the volume of applications we may close the advert early however we will keep it open for a minimum of 2 weeks.

Our values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are… Trailblazing,Empowered, Happy, Heartfelt,Community Focused