Business Administration and Management Courses

Improve and achieve: well-organised and motivated teams deliver results

Are you looking for a course to kick-start your career?

With a course in the broad field of business and administration, you could find yourself working for a business (large or small), in the public sector (such as the civil service) or in any number of charitable and voluntary organisations in the UK (or world).

If you’re highly motivated, organised, a people-person and goal-orientated – a career in business and administration are likely to be for you. Every role in an organisation plays their part in its success; from the administrators who coordinate and implement office procedures, though to senior leaders who shape the strategy and define the working culture.

Our career-focused courses and programmes

Pre-apprenticeship

Our Business Admin Pre-apprenticeships are a great way for 16-24 year olds to develop first-hand experience of working within a range of industries from fashion to technology. You’ll also get essential work preparation training and work on your maths and English if required.

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Business Administration and Management Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are simply jobs with training. You typically receive training to support your career 1 day a week. You get paid, gain a qualification as well as valuable skills and experience. Anyone between the ages of 16-65 can apply to become an apprentice.

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Level 3 Team Leader Supervisor

Duration:
12 months

Work in:

Small and large businesses
Public sector
Charitable sector

Good to know:

Apprenticeship Standard

Full specification:
Team Leader Supervisor, Apprenticeship Standard

As a Team Leader / Supervisor you’ll be trusted to manage teams and projects to meet a private, public or voluntary organisation's goals.

This is a first-line management role – and you can expect to take on operational responsibility for a team, working together to achieve a specific goal or project.

You can expect to lead, manage and motivate your team, managing their workloads to ensure that tasks are completed. You’ll be a go-to person for resolving questions or conflicts in the team – and you’ll be responsible for their wellbeing and development at work.

As a team leader, you may need to represent your team’s work to other parts of the organisation and build relationships with other teams/departments to get things done.

This Apprenticeship Standard qualification has been designed by 30 leading employers, so you can be sure that it meets the needs of the modern economy. Designed by: Virgin Media, Barclays Bank, Balfour Beatty, and the BBC (to name a few).

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Level 3 Business Administrator

Duration:
18 months

Work in:

Small and large businesses
Public sector
Charitable sector

Good to know:

Apprenticeship Standard

Full specification:
Business Administrator, Apprenticeship Standard

As a Business Administrator you’ll support and engage with different parts of the organisation, as well as interacting with internal or external customers. Remember, behind every successful organisation is a skilled administrator.

With key technical skills across: IT, record and document production, business communications, planning and organisation and decision making; you’ll find that the role of a Business Administrator is varied and right at the centre of things.

You may work independently or as part of a team to will involve developing, implement, maintain and improve administrative services.

This Apprenticeship Standard qualification has been designed by 43 leading employers and industry bodies, so you can be sure that it meets the needs of industry. Designed by: Npower, Capita Group and Homebase (to name a few).

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