Accounts Apprentice at The Body Doctor

The Body Doctor Ltd has an opening for an outgoing and detail-oriented apprentice. You will be working with a busy and friendly team undertaking various administration and accounting duties. This role would suit a confident person who is looking to develop their skills. Full training will be provided by the finance/sales teams.

Wage – £4.81 to £6.50 per hour – the starting rate of pay will depend upon experience. The salary may increase on-going after successful employment and apprenticeship requirements. Other benefits include: : Life insurance

Duration – 15 Months

Start date – Ideally July but as soon as possible.

Posted – 05/07/2022

Working Week:

Monday-Friday 9am until 5 pm half an hour unpaid lunch

Apprenticeship level

Positions

Accounting Duties:

Processing payments over the telephone for trade and general public

Inputting sale orders onto Sage

Accurately updating daily reporting information

Raising Purchase Orders & purchase invoices

Managing the accounts Email box.

Assisting with the administration of Goods In & Out and post to Sage

Assisting with Stock Control monitoring

Ensuring that accounts are accurately monitored and recorded

Updating Sales Invoices and sending to customers.

Updating Costings

Administration and Customer Service Duties

General administrative duties

Answering the telephone in a professional manner

Correspondence by e-mail and letter

Filing both manually and electronically

Assisting all members of the team as and when required

Using Microsoft Packages, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Ensuring that the Policies of the company are observed and that good practice is encouraged, particularly in the areas of Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and confidentiality.

As part of your contract of employment completion of the Apprenticeship Training Programme forms part of your duties as well as helping your personal and professional development; the requirements to complete the programme are as follows:

Attend and be punctual for all induction sessions

Attend and be punctual for all lessons

Complete all required assignments by the required timeline.

Build up your portfolio of evidence on-going during your apprenticeship programme.

Access support from your tutor/assessor as and when required

Access support from your manager with regards to any evidence requirements or support as and when required

Attend all work-based training/support sessions

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation which is relevant to your post within the company to meet the overall business objectives.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Somebody who is a good verbal communicator who has a polite, clear and professional telephone manner.
Must have a good level of literacy skills.
IT literate and have a good understanding of Microsoft Packages.
Required to work to deadlines, with good time management.
Good numeracy skills.
Confident in using email and the internet.
The successful candidate will be organised.
Willing to work effectively in the team.

An enthusiastic individual
Flexible approach to work in order to meet company needs and key events.
Must be punctual as well as having a good attendance record
Ability to work on own initiative, when required
Ability to work effectively as both part of a team and as an individual,
Respond positively to the demands of a varied workload.
Friendly and approachable.
Commitment to undertake continued training and development.

Qualifications

Grade 4/C, or above or a Key or Functional Skill at Level 2 or above in Maths and English is a requirement. An ICT qualification is desirable.

About the employer

The Body Doctor

Unit 1, Bridge Industrial Estate, Clayton West, Huddersfield, HD8 9XJ

We’re a family-run business, set up in 2012 by Sue Grant and her two sons, Adam and Sam Wymer. The vision of the business was and continues to be to devise, develop and supply innovative solutions that focus on primarily promoting and optimising eye health, but we’ve grown and now include other products too, such as our AB Mask. Backed by science, and supported by experts in the medical field, including Dr Hilary Jones MBE, we want to raise awareness of eyecare, especially eye hygiene and deliver a series of preventative solutions and treatments to common problems. We’re very proud to have received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2016 in the innovation category. Our products are rigorously tested including the BS8433/2004 Personal Warmer test, they are CE certified and have also passed: REACH BSEN 14362-1/2, Pesticides, EN71 Pt 3.