Apprentice Team administrator Review

As a team administrator i complete a range of tasks which include monitoring the shared inbox, forwarding emails on to the relevant people or responding. Tracking starters and leavers keeping all of the team structure charts up to date along with a range of others task to help support the team.

i have developed a range of transferable skills, bettering skills i already had and putting things into practice increasing my confidence along with learning new skills and how to use new software. As an apprentice you are always learning so i feel over the last year i have developed alot of new skills.

I have enjoyed my apprenticeship a lot, being able to learn and train while also being a part of a working environment has kept me motivated and happy in the work place. I have liked the college/work balance, during my apprenticeship i have not had to spend too much time at college which i have liked.

There have been some areas that could have been organised better and times when information has been miss communicated but overall it has been well structured and i have not had an issues with the deadlines, structure or timing of anything. When starting i had been informed of the way it would generally run which helped.

As much as i needed, my employer have been good at making me aware that they are very willing to offer any support i feel necessary and ensure that they constantly check up on me, this was good and made me feel supported. If i had any questions of was struggling they were always happy to come up with a solution.

i received a reasonable amount of support from the training provider during my apprenticeship, due to there being a change over of training coordinator 3 times during my apprenticeship the support provided was never constant but there were other people i had contact details for if i had needed it.

In my own personal experience the work done at college and learnt through the training provider did not help me perform better in my role, luckily my workplace were good at recommending online training i could complete and happy to have be shadow people around the building and answer any questions so i did still learn alot to help me perform better within the work place.

There are a range of events and activities run at my workplace that you are able to attend if you wish to. Newsletters and sent out frequently with information about these so we are kept well informed and i was always encouraged to attend any if i wanted to, we would also organise some internal events so i would often attend those.

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I would recommend the university of oxford to a friend as overall i feel it is a good place to work, with good benefits, the ability to have flexible working hours and lots of training in place and encouraged, along with a range of other reasons it makes it a good place to build a career.

Be enthusiastic, honest and willing to learn. when applying for my apprenticeship at the university of oxford i made it clear that i was very keen and willing to learn new things and that i was open minded about things, i think this helped. Also do some research and know which department would be best for you as there is a wide range.