Apprentice Studio Administrator
Level: 3
Employer: FIVE PLUS ARCHITECTS LTD
Location: THE HIVE
As a Business Administrator Apprentice at 5plus Architects Ltd, you’ll support the Practice Manager, finance team, and project staff, gaining a Level 3 Business Administrator qualification while performing core administrative tasks in a creative studio environment. The role has the option to expand in several areas of the individuals interest.
Duration: 1 Year 4 Months
Expected start date: 01/10/2025
Hours per week: 37.5 hours
Wage: (Annually)
Job role includes
- Liaison with the wider admin/finance teamPhone, meet and greet and meeting support.
- General office email and communication.
- Office and social events booking / liaison.
- Travel booking.
- Day-to-day maintenance of key kit in the office – coffee machine, zip tap, printer/copier, alarm, overseeing minor repairs (doors etc) – ‘owning’ an issue and following through to resolution.
- Liaising with any site issues to landlord and day-to-day. relationship with on-site FM team.
- Consumables ordering. (canteen, stationery etc)
- General admin – bank cheques, post, order couriers etc.
- Supporting the senior team with occasional diary / travel / misc tasks.
- Internal social and management support – CPD days, A’s/AD’s meetings, Tuesday morning meetings etc.
- Assistance/support on document control – printing out, uploading, downloading for bids and general project work.
- Liaison with schools on work experience students –filling out forms and sorting out diary plus inductions on the day.
- Inductions for new staff in coordination with other team members, plus prep on workstations etc.
- Filing and locating of key documents including Archiving.


About employer
5plus Architects is an award winning studio based in Manchester and London, with a talented team of Architects and Interior Designers.
Velocity apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, they will provide the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace and to expand future career prospects.
The role offers long-term security and the opportunity to progress into a permanent position.
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience