Business Management, Facilities Management and Legal Apprentice Review

I split my time between 3 different services areas: business management, facilities management and legal teams which all required different levels of support at different times, therefore my workload and the weightings on which i would use my time would vary on a week by week basis. Generally i'd work on purchase orders, leave carry forward requests and inbox monitoring supporting the Directors and Chief Executive's PA's in their roles and providing support where possible. In facilities management, i would be the first port of call to contractors and provide support to all of buildings across the city to ensure they were well maintained where possible. In Legal, i would be responsible for the sealing of legal documents and preparing court bundles.
I was then 3 months into my apprenticeship when i was seconded to work at the Crematorium which falls within the bereavement services sector within the Council during a time of operational difficulty. I provided administrative support in the way of responding to emails in their joint inbox and answering telephone calls - i also worked on data inputting into the Plotbox system.
I worked in the Crematorium full time for 5 months and then split my time again with the Business Management and Legal team alongside this. I then was asked to work down at the Managed Workspaces during a time of operational difficulty when the heating stopped working - I spent 3 months down here prior to getting the full time job i have now in the Managed Workspaces where I support small businesses within the building. I have since become involved in the administrative side to the Cornhill Market and Visit Lincoln which require different knowledge and skills, but also the skill to prioritise and allocate time effectively to the different departments where time is most needed, which I believe coming in as an apprentice working over a multitude of teams has really supported me with.

The programme was very structured which helps me to learn best, everything was very well co-ordinated between the working departments and the modules in which we learned to further my development and provide me with the skills behind the knowledge

I received a lot of support from my employer, when working across the different teams alongside my apprenticeship qualification they ensured that it wasn't too much work and i was dealing okay and checked in.

A lot of support from the training provider they would make a conscious effort to ensure we were supported and well-loooked after

The qualification provided me with the theory behind the departments and the skills i needed to better perform

Yes

Very good employer, i feel as though i have progressed professionally and gained a lot of different experience over a variety of service areas