Advanced Apprentice Business Administrator

Job title: Advanced Apprentice Business Administration
Location: Frimley
Salary: We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.

What you’ll be doing:

The Communications Assistant role is a key member of the Head Office Communications team, supporting the delivery of co-ordinated activities across our Internal and External Communications, campaigns and initiatives. This role will create a number of varied opportunities to be involved in communications initiatives from across the Global Communications Function. 
You will learn how to:
•    Deliver your responsibilities efficiently and with integrity
•    Work well within a team
•    Demonstrate strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
•    Problem-solve
•    Develop your organisational skills
•    Assist in the organisation and planning of communications briefings and events in support of business objectives
•    Incorporate project management skills by supporting various projects across the different disciplines, such as Internal Communications and External Communications. 
•    Assist with the delivery of Employee Communications 
•    Administer inputs across communications channels as required and oversee regular audits of content
•    Co-ordinate and support internal events, walkabouts and communications forums
•    Co-ordinate and draft input where necessary for presentations, briefings, notices, weekly bulletin, business updates, employee business plans, surveys, senior meetings.
•    Provide support to communications initiatives as directed by the communications management team.

What qualification will you get?

Level 3 Business Administrator Standard.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Head Office team:

Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference.  You’ll work alongside a supportive team with a dedicated Skills Coach – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realise your true potential.  

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. 

Export Control / Security:

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. 
 

5 x GCSE’s including Maths and English at Grade A*-C / 9-4.