Position Title: Postal Services Apprentice
Ref: lbrutvacs12
Location: Twickenham TW1
Special Note: All applicants should live within the local travel to work area. 45 minutes maximum travel time.
Pay: £150 per week with six-monthly pay reviews
Qualification: NVQ Level 2 Business Administration
Duration: Full-time 12 Month contract
Employer Description: Local Authority - Postal & Support Services
Hours of Work: 9.00 to 5.15 (Mon – Thurs) 9.00 to 5.00 (Fri) with 1 hour for lunch
Annual Holiday Entitlement: 20 days paid holiday per year plus statutory days
Age: 16 +
Job Description:
Working within a small busy team:
- Assisting with sorting, opening & distribution of incoming post
- Answering telephones & taking messages
- Assisting with internal courier deliveries when required (at least twice a week)
- Carry out the postal procedure, e.g. folding, inserting, labeling, sealing & franking outgoing post & guaranteed delivery (use of machinery)
- Inputting, updating & checking data on computer database
- Filing / faxing / photocopying
An ability to complete a complex & demanding learning programme with external examinations is a requirement for Way to Work vacancies
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Accurate I.C.T skills with knowledge of MS Office
- Good communication skills with clear spoken and written English
- Must be able to move and handle heavy loads
- Knowledge of customer care, able to deal professionally with personal & telephone callers
- Able to work flexibly within a team asking for and giving support as needed
- Able to learn to use own initiative.
- Able to follow instructions, procedures and learn to work to strict deadlines
- Able to understand & respect the importance of confidentiality, both within & outside the workplace
- Aware of health and safety & equality & diversity in the workplace
- You will need to be punctual & understand the impact absence has on the effectiveness of the team
How to Apply
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