Business Administration and Auction Apprentice
Location: SS2 5SE – Southend on Sea
Annual Wage: £9,609.60
Hours: 35 hours a week
Working Week: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm (Plus 2 extra evenings per month to cover auction days)
Job Description:
A fantastic opportunity has just become available to join the team at Chalkwell Auctions. With exciting prospects and opportunities to progress, learn and develop new skills. The successful candidate will work alongside the Salesroom Manager and will work across multiple departments, gaining knowledge of all areas of the business.
What will you be doing?
- Booking in items for auction and setting out the display of the room
- Assisting the team on lotting days with the preparation of the catalogue, this includes photography, cataloguing and uploading the catalogue to various online sites
- Assisting the team during auctions: portering, pay office duties, managing internet bids, telephone bids, etc
- After auctions duties answering the telephone, collecting payments, organising delivery for costumers
- Managing the mailing list
- Front of house; answering telephone enquiries, contacting customers, promoting sales
- General office and administrative duties
- Scanning, opening post, collating paperwork
- The successful candidate will need to be confident speaking to clients via telephone and face to face
- Preparing paperwork for client meetings
- Answers telephone calls and follows up customer enquiries
- Arranges appointments with clients and the team
- Taking messages and providing updates to clients
- Dealing with general clerical work
What training and qualification will you receive?
- TheLightBulb will deliver the Level 3 Business Administration Standard
- There will be workshops that you need to attend
- You will have a Mentor who will work with you on a one to one basis
- In-house training will be given to support specifics of the role
Desired skills and personal qualities:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Qualifications
- GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4/C) essential
- GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4/C) essential
We are a Disability Confident Employer
TheLightBulb is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment without regard to age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and any other protected status.