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Administration Assistant – Manchester
Job type:  Permanent
Salary:  Apprenticeship Rate - £95.00
Sector:  Construction 
Job Specification
Use of spreadsheets, compiling documents and printing and copying as required, data input and use of the telephone.
Person Specification
Applicants will ideally be computer literate and familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.  Will best suit those who are looking to develop within a growing company.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – Admin Assistant – Manchester Town Centre
Job Type: Administration Assistant
Salary: Apprentice rate
Sector: Corporate Events/Accounts
Person Specification                                                                                                         
Candidates will be involved in various tasks such as reception and answering the telephone to relay messages and take details. Administration including incoming and outgoing post, logging in the day book sent and received post. Ensuring urgent correspondence is dealt with and that this is forwarded on to relevant Managers for them to action, maintaining the files for client records and internal records. Diarising meetings and setting up ready the rooms, Making sure clients are greeted and met with a professional approach and in a personable and friendly manner, ensuring that the post is franked stamped and weighed and posted on time to meet deadlines. Filing, photocopying and getting marketing material ready, in house systems data entry re records
Contact: Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Entry Level Marketing Assistant – Central Stockport
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  Minimum Wage
Sector:  Accountants
Job Specification
Well established accountancy practice seeks assistant to work within their existing marketing team.  The successful candidate will be assisting the Marketing Co-ordinator with database management and will be responsible for mails shots, event management, Seminars, internal communications and researching and helping to provide an effective web marketing strategy. 
Person Specification
This role will best suit an individual who is looking to develop a career and who has the necessary drive and ambition to make it happen.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Administration Assistant – Stanley Green, Cheadle Hulme
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  To be confirmed at interview
Sector:  Air Conditioning
Job Specification
Professional local company requires administration support in dealing with incoming calls, general office duties, placing orders and weekly reports.
Person Specification
Applicants should be enthusiastic, have lots of initiative, confident telephone manner and good keyboard skills.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Office Receptionist/Administrator - Bolton
Job Sector: Vets
Salary: Apprentice rate at £95.00 with a view to increase on achievement of qualification, increase will be to national minimum wage on gaining Level 2 Business Administration.
Job Specification
The position is for someone to join a Vets’ practice as a front of house receptionist and administrator. The candidate in this role will be to meet and greet clients and run the diary booking in appointments and treatments for patients. The candidate will be required to answer the phone and also speak face to face with individuals and with regards to their pet. The person will be required to be sympathetic to those people who’s animal is very old and sick and offer advise to new owners with regards to their pet. The role will include a varied routine of administration tasks including faxing, filing of records, records maintenance and updates, diary management, dealing with prescription requests and data base for treatment records.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com
Office Assistant - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent vacancy
Salary: Minimum wage
Job Sector: Web design Software Company
Job Specification
The position is for an office assistant to join the team and in a varied and growing role, the candidate will be involved in all administration tasks including the faxing filing and photocopy work, there is a large percentage of computer work involved and on the companies own bespoke system as well as on excel and work and spreadsheet database work to record specific organisational information.
The role will include some telephone liaison with clients and engineers.
Person Specification
The person required will be confident and have good communication skills, the company are looking for someone to join who is a confident and focused individual who is able to multitask and deal with a variety of tasks day to day. A methodical approach and ability to prioritise work loads is essential in this busy role.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.

This week we have job vacancies for apprentices in Manchester, Stockport, Bolton and Preston

Administration Assistant – Manchester
Job type:  Permanent
Salary:  Apprenticeship Rate - £95.00
Sector:  Construction 
Job Specification
Use of spreadsheets, compiling documents and printing and copying as required, data input and use of the telephone.
Person Specification
Applicants will ideally be computer literate and familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.  Will best suit those who are looking to develop within a growing company.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – Admin Assistant – Manchester Town Centre
Job Type: Administration Assistant
Salary: Apprentice rate
Sector: Corporate Events/Accounts
Person Specification                                                                                                         
Candidates will be involved in various tasks such as reception and answering the telephone to relay messages and take details. Administration including incoming and outgoing post, logging in the day book sent and received post. Ensuring urgent correspondence is dealt with and that this is forwarded on to relevant Managers for them to action, maintaining the files for client records and internal records. Diarising meetings and setting up ready the rooms, Making sure clients are greeted and met with a professional approach and in a personable and friendly manner, ensuring that the post is franked stamped and weighed and posted on time to meet deadlines. Filing, photocopying and getting marketing material ready, in house systems data entry re records
Contact: Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Entry Level Marketing Assistant – Central Stockport
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  Minimum Wage
Sector:  Accountants
Job Specification
Well established accountancy practice seeks assistant to work within their existing marketing team.  The successful candidate will be assisting the Marketing Co-ordinator with database management and will be responsible for mails shots, event management, Seminars, internal communications and researching and helping to provide an effective web marketing strategy. 
Person Specification
This role will best suit an individual who is looking to develop a career and who has the necessary drive and ambition to make it happen.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Administration Assistant – Stanley Green, Cheadle Hulme
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  To be confirmed at interview
Sector:  Air Conditioning
Job Specification
Professional local company requires administration support in dealing with incoming calls, general office duties, placing orders and weekly reports.
Person Specification
Applicants should be enthusiastic, have lots of initiative, confident telephone manner and good keyboard skills.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Office Assistant Administrator – Central Manchester
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Sector: Business Consultancy
Salary: minimum rate
Person Specification:
The person will need to be organised and with good communication skills, the job will require a methodical and confident approach to deal with a variety of tasks and work through the tasks set on a daily basis.
Job specification:
The person will be joining a team where they will be working in an administrative role. They will be involved in a variety of administration tasks including scanning documents, data entry, faxing, filing, photocopying and general office tasks, meeting and greeting and answering the phone and other administrative duties generally.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator - Preston
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Minimum wage plus travel allowance, pension scheme, £600 attendance allowance. Save as you earn scheme, Buy and sell annual leave scheme.
Sector: Debt Advisors
Job Specification
Professional environment which is similar to a call handling environment, lots of young apprentice staff already on the team and the company are very supportive of candidates and in offering vocational training that will develop staff. The company are investors in people accredited and as such value staff. The job is for some one to join a busy team as an office administration apprentice and will allow the candidates who join to gain a Business Administration Level 2 and then 3 qualifications in support of the role.
Person Specification
The person will be required to be confident and have good communication skills as the role will involve telephone work, the person will need to work well as part of a team but also be able to work using their own initiative as required.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Apprentice Receptionist/Administrator - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent
Job Sector: Vets
Salary: Apprentice rate at £95.00 with a view to increase on achievement of qualification, increase will be to national minimum wage on gaining Level 2 Business Administration.

Job Specification
The position is for someone to join a Vets’ practice as a front of house receptionist and administrator. The candidate in this role will be to meet and greet clients and run the diary booking in appointments and treatments for patients. The candidate will be required to answer the phone and also speak face to face with individuals and with regards to their pet. The person will be required to be sympathetic to those people who’s animal is very old and sick and offer advise to new owners with regards to their pet. The role will include a varied routine of administration tasks including faxing, filing of records, records maintenance and updates, diary management, dealing with prescription requests and data base for treatment records.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com
Office Assistant - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent vacancy
Salary: Minimum wage
Job Sector: Software Company
Job Specification
The position is for an office assistant to join the team and in a varied and growing role, the candidate will be involved in all administration tasks including the faxing filing and photocopy work, there is a large percentage of computer work involved and on the companies own bespoke system as well as on excel and work and spreadsheet database work to record specific organisational information.
The role will include some telephone liaison with clients and engineers.
Person Specification
The person required will be confident and have good communication skills, the company are looking for someone to join who is a confident and focused individual who is able to multitask and deal with a variety of tasks day to day. A methodical approach and ability to prioritise work loads is essential in this busy role.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.

All these candidates have been pre-screened by Damar and are available to start now.
 
NATALIE -  administration, Stockport/Central Manchester/Denton/Tameside
Person Specification and Experience: Friendly, polite and well presented. Has prior office experience as an administrator for a glass company and also undertook her work experience at a firm of Solicitors.
Qualifications: 6 GCSE’s – C, includes English & Maths, Technical Certificate - Pass
Other: She would like a role that gives her the opportunity to provide exceptional support to a busy team and where there are opportunities to progress once she has proved her ability.
Contact: Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
REBECCA – administration, Bolton, Central Manchester, Stockport
Person Specification and Experience: Mature, responsible approach to work. Presentable, enthusiastic and highly motivated.  Rebecca is a volunteer at Brownies and Bolton Lads and Girls Club.  Whilst at school she was a prefect. 
Qualifications: 10 GCSE’s A – C, 3 ‘A’ Levels – pending results
Other: Would like to work in an admin role where there is scope to progress and gain further qualifications.  Rebecca holds a full clean driving licence.
Contact: Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
DARREN – administration/customer service, Manchester/Oldham/Tameside
Person Specification and Experience: Smart and polite young man, excellent communication skills. Currently working in a voluntary administrative role for a local community project.
Qualifications: Unable to complete his GCSEs due to illness in Year 11, he has made significant independent efforts to gain qualifications since leaving school. He has now achieved GCSE English Language and English Literature at Grade C and Key Skills Level 2 in Numeracy, equivalent to a Grade C at GCSE level.
Other: Hobbies include chess, football and creative writing.  He is strongly recommended for interview.
Contact: Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
ANGELINA – administration/accounts. Stockport, Tameside, Manchester, Oldham
Person Specification and Experience: Friendly and polite, outgoing personality. Good communication skills and the ability to interact confidently with a wide range of people. Is currently working in retail but is looking for a more challenging role within administration.
Qualifications: 8 GCSEs at Grade A-C includes English & Maths, Award in digital Applications, CLAIT Plus, BTEC First Deploma in Sport.
Other: Enjoys going to the gym and kick boxing.
Contact: Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
JAMIE – accounts, Manchester, Stockport, Tameside
Person Specification and Experience:  Smart and polite young man who has a determined attitude towards securing employment in Accounts. Has worked as an administrative assistant.
Qualifications: GCSE Maths (C), results awaited for 3 more.
Other: Hobbies and interests include football, fishing, listening to music and socialising.
Contact: Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
MICHAEL - administration, Central Manchester, Stockport, Hyde
Person Specification and Experience:  Outgoing young man, with good interpersonal skills, looking to enter employment with the admin field with a view to progressing and gaining the relevant qualifications.  
Other:  Currently plays football for Denton West End Club where he has won top goal scorer and goal of the season.
Contact:  Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
CHRISTOPHER - administration/accounts, Central Manchester, Stockport, Sale, Didsbury
Person Specification and Experience:  Polite, smart in appearance and a quite confident young man who is looking for employment in Administration or Accounts where he is able to undertake further qualifications.  Work experience has at Manchester University as an Administrator.  Whilst at school Chris has received over 30 certificates for hard work and attendance.
Qualifications:  Predicted – GCSE’s, 1 B, 1 C and 4 D’s.
Other:  Enjoys playing and watching football and going to the gym.
Contact:  Debbie Smith, 0161 480 8171, email debbie@damartraining.com
ROBERT – Accounts, Central Manchester, Stockport
Person Specification and Experience:  An extremely well presented and charming young man.  Projects a very friendly and co-operative attitude and has achieved excellent GCSEs and  A Levels.  He has demonstrated a commitment to work through his part-time employment.
Qualifications:  11 GCSEs Grade A*-C, 1 AS Level, Grade C, 3 A Levels Grade B-C
Other:  Enjoys sports including football, golf and tennis.  Also enjoys attending music events.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
ANTIAA – Administration/Accounts, Manchester
Person Specification and Experience:  A lovely young lady with a very sweet nature and bright personality.  She is of very smart appearance and has a polite and endearing manner.
Qualifications:  9 GCSEs A-C
Other:  Antiaa is engaged in a community youth dance project and also enjoys roller hockey, tennis and badminton.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
JOANNE – Administration/Customer Service, Manchester, Stockport, Tameside
Person Specification and Experience:  A bright and bubbly young lady who is of smart appearance, has previous office experience and is a car owner/driver.
Qualifications:  5 A-Cs, GNVQ in Leisure and Tourism
Other:  During her spare time Joanne enjoys attending the gym, swimming and spending time with her friends.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
STEPHEN – Administration/Customer Service, Manchester Central, South Manchester, Stockport
Person Specification and Experience:  A very polite and confident young man with a very determined and focused approach to his job seeking.
Qualifications:  GCSEs x 3 A-C, AS Levels x 3 predicted grades C, C, B
Other:  Stephen thrives in a busy environment and is happy to work to deadlines.  He is a car owner/driver.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com

Administration Assistant – Manchester
Job type:  Permanent
Salary:  Apprenticeship Rate - £95.00
Sector:  Construction 
Job Specification
Use of spreadsheets, compiling documents and printing and copying as required, data input and use of the telephone.
Person Specification
Applicants will ideally be computer literate and familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.  Will best suit those who are looking to develop within a growing company.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – Admin Assistant – Manchester Town Centre
Job Type: Administration Assistant
Salary: Apprentice rate
Sector: Corporate Events/Accounts
Person Specification                                                                                                         
Candidates will be involved in various tasks such as reception and answering the telephone to relay messages and take details. Administration including incoming and outgoing post, logging in the day book sent and received post. Ensuring urgent correspondence is dealt with and that this is forwarded on to relevant Managers for them to action, maintaining the files for client records and internal records. Diarising meetings and setting up ready the rooms, Making sure clients are greeted and met with a professional approach and in a personable and friendly manner, ensuring that the post is franked stamped and weighed and posted on time to meet deadlines. Filing, photocopying and getting marketing material ready, in house systems data entry re records
Contact: Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Entry Level Marketing Assistant – Central Stockport
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  Minimum Wage
Sector:  Accountants
Job Specification
Well established accountancy practice seeks assistant to work within their existing marketing team.  The successful candidate will be assisting the Marketing Co-ordinator with database management and will be responsible for mails shots, event management, Seminars, internal communications and researching and helping to provide an effective web marketing strategy. 
Person Specification
This role will best suit an individual who is looking to develop a career and who has the necessary drive and ambition to make it happen.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Administration Assistant – Stanley Green, Cheadle Hulme
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  To be confirmed at interview
Sector:  Air Conditioning
Job Specification
Professional local company requires administration support in dealing with incoming calls, general office duties, placing orders and weekly reports.
Person Specification
Applicants should be enthusiastic, have lots of initiative, confident telephone manner and good keyboard skills.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Business Development Assistant - Stockport
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Sector: Training and Recruitment
Salary: £12,000 PA plus bonuses
Specification: Working closely with the Business Development Manager and members of the recruitment team you will be contacting potential new customers by telephone and explaining the benefits of Damar’s integrated recruitment and training service. You will report directly to the Business Development Manager but will also have the support of the whole team, including the managing director. The role is for someone who is confident and can sell the features and benefits of Damar Training, such as the free advertising, free resourcing, recruitment and training.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Assistant Administrator – Central Manchester
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Sector: Business Consultancy
Salary: minimum rate
Person Specification:
The person will need to be organised and with good communication skills, the job will require a methodical and confident approach to deal with a variety of tasks and work through the tasks set on a daily basis.
Job specification:
The person will be joining a team where they will be working in an administrative role. They will be involved in a variety of administration tasks including scanning documents, data entry, faxing, filing, photocopying and general office tasks, meeting and greeting and answering the phone and other administrative duties generally.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – lettings administration, Cheadle
Job Type: Permanent
Sector: Property
Job Specification
The role is for an administration assistant to join the team and work in a busy lettings department and to assist with a varied and busy work load with regards to tenancy agreements and administration tasks, the role is a varied one where there will be interaction with clients both over the telephone and face to face, the candidate will be required to use a bespoke computer system and will be responsible for the updates and maintenance of the data bases and for registering new details on names addresses. There will be a great deal of liaison between land lords tenants and agents.
Person Specification
The person required will need to be capable of dealing with people in a professional manner and both over the telephone and face to face, the person will need to be methodical and organised.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com
Office Administrator - Preston
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Minimum wage plus travel allowance, pension scheme, £600 attendance allowance. Save as you earn scheme, Buy and sell annual leave scheme.
Sector: Debt Advisors
Job Specification
Professional environment which is similar to a call handling environment, lots of young apprentice staff already on the team and the company are very supportive of candidates and in offering vocational training that will develop staff. The company are investors in people accredited and as such value staff. The job is for some one to join a busy team as an office administration apprentice and will allow the candidates who join to gain a Business Administration Level 2 and then 3 qualifications in support of the role.
Person Specification
The person will be required to be confident and have good communication skills as the role will involve telephone work, the person will need to work well as part of a team but also be able to work using their own initiative as required.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Apprentice Receptionist/Administrator - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent
Job Sector: Vets
Salary: Apprentice rate at £95.00 with a view to increase on achievement of qualification, increase will be to national minimum wage on gaining Level 2 Business Administration.
Job Specification
The position is for someone to join a Vets’ practice as a front of house receptionist and administrator. The candidate in this role will be to meet and greet clients and run the diary booking in appointments and treatments for patients. The candidate will be required to answer the phone and also speak face to face with individuals and with regards to their pet. The person will be required to be sympathetic to those people who’s animal is very old and sick and offer advise to new owners with regards to their pet. The role will include a varied routine of administration tasks including faxing, filing of records, records maintenance and updates, diary management, dealing with prescription requests and data base for treatment records.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com
Office Assistant - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent vacancy
Salary: Minimum wage
Job Sector: Software Company
Job Specification
The position is for an office assistant to join the team and in a varied and growing role, the candidate will be involved in all administration tasks including the faxing filing and photocopy work, there is a large percentage of computer work involved and on the companies own bespoke system as well as on excel and work and spreadsheet database work to record specific organisational information.
The role will include some telephone liaison with clients and engineers.
Person Specification
The person required will be confident and have good communication skills, the company are looking for someone to join who is a confident and focused individual who is able to multitask and deal with a variety of tasks day to day. A methodical approach and ability to prioritise work loads is essential in this busy role.

Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.

At Damar we want to know what learners and employers think of our service and, importantly, how we can improve. As part of this process we are inviting all of our learners on Train to Gain and Apprenticeship programmes to participate in an online survey of learner views. The survey only takes a couple of minutes of your time and will give us great feedback on what you think. To participate, all you have to do is:

1. go to www.ipsos-mori.com/learnerviewssurvey/

2. input the code number for Damar, which is 10001831

3. input your personal learner number. You can get this from your assessor or by emailing info@damartraining.com. Take care to input the number correctly (don’t confuse upper and lower case letters or zeros from the letter “O”).

4. Complete the questionnaire. NB, when it asks “Please tell us if you are on: a course (in a college), a learning programme (as an apprentice or on a Train to Gain programme) or a training programme (being trained by your employer), please tick “A learning programme (as an Apprentice or on a Train to Gain programme)”.

5. Please print out a screen print of the final page and give this to your assessor.

Thanks!

PS: if there are any comments that you would like to make but which are not picked up by the survey, please email them to info@damartraining.com.

In partnership with AimHigher (www.aimhighergreatermanchester.co.uk) Damar are offering learners a chance to attend a free 1/2 day training session at MMU’s prestigious business school.

The “Cillit Bang Challenge” takes place on Tuesday 3rd November at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Buusiness School from 10am to 1pm.

What is it?

The Challenge gets participants working on a re-launch of an advertisement for Cillit Bang. This is a group-based, time-pressured activity. Participants have to examine critically the current advertising campaign and develop a new campaign having examined some numerical data that is pprovided. Teams then present and justify their campaign. This activity promotes group-working, presentation skills and some use of number, as well as an element of creativity. No prior knowledge in advertising is necessary!

What is included?

Chance to take part in the Cillit Bang Challenge; tour of the Business School; meet current students and find out their views and experiences, lunch included.

If you want to find out more, please email info@damartraining.com or speak to your Damar assessor.

This year’s Damar Training Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday 29th October at Edgley Park in Stockport (home of Stockport County and Sale Sharks). All learners and their supervisors who completed qualifications with is over the last 12 months have been invited. The evening starts with a Champagne reception at 5pm followed by the presentation of awards and a buffet.

 If you haven’t received your invitation or would like any more information, please contact Louise Marsden at Damar on 0161 480 8171 or email louise@damartraining.com.

Apprentice Receptionist/Administrator - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent
Job Sector: Vets
Salary: Apprentice rate at £95.00 with a view to increase on achievement of qualification, increase will be to national minimum wage on gaining Level 2 Business Administration.
Job Specification
The position is for someone to join a Vets’ practice as a front of house receptionist and administrator. The candidate in this role will be to meet and greet clients and run the diary booking in appointments and treatments for patients. The candidate will be required to answer the phone and also speak face to face with individuals and with regards to their pet. The person will be required to be sympathetic to those people who’s animal is very old and sick and offer advise to new owners with regards to their pet. The role will include a varied routine of administration tasks including faxing, filing of records, records maintenance and updates, diary management, dealing with prescription requests and data base for treatment records.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com
Office Assistant - Bolton
Job Type: Permanent vacancy
Salary: Minimum wage
Job Sector: Software Company
Job Specification
The position is for an office assistant to join the team and in a varied and growing role, the candidate will be involved in all administration tasks including the faxing filing and photocopy work, there is a large percentage of computer work involved and on the companies own bespoke system as well as on excel and work and spreadsheet database work to record specific organisational information.
The role will include some telephone liaison with clients and engineers.
Person Specification
The person required will be confident and have good communication skills, the company are looking for someone to join who is a confident and focused individual who is able to multitask and deal with a variety of tasks day to day. A methodical approach and ability to prioritise work loads is essential in this busy role.Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.

Office Administrator - Preston
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Minimum wage plus travel allowance, pension scheme, £600 attendance allowance. Save as you earn scheme, Buy and sell annual leave scheme.
Sector: Debt Advisors
Job Specification
Professional environment which is similar to a call handling environment, lots of young apprentice staff already on the team and the company are very supportive of candidates and in offering vocational training that will develop staff. The company are investors in people accredited and as such value staff. The job is for some one to join a busy team as an office administration apprentice and will allow the candidates who join to gain a Business Administration Level 2 and then 3 qualifications in support of the role.
Person Specification
The person will be required to be confident and have good communication skills as the role will involve telephone work, the person will need to work well as part of a team but also be able to work using their own initiative as required.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.

Administration Assistant – Manchester
Job type:  Permanent
Salary:  Apprenticeship Rate - £95.00
Sector:  Construction 
Job Specification
Use of spreadsheets, compiling documents and printing and copying as required, data input and use of the telephone.
Person Specification
Applicants will ideally be computer literate and familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.  Will best suit those who are looking to develop within a growing company.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – Admin Assistant – Manchester Town Centre
Job Type: Administration Assistant
Salary: Apprentice rate
Sector: Corporate Events/Accounts
Person Specification                                                                                                         
Candidates will be involved in various tasks such as reception and answering the telephone to relay messages and take details. Administration including incoming and outgoing post, logging in the day book sent and received post. Ensuring urgent correspondence is dealt with and that this is forwarded on to relevant Managers for them to action, maintaining the files for client records and internal records. Diarising meetings and setting up ready the rooms, Making sure clients are greeted and met with a professional approach and in a personable and friendly manner, ensuring that the post is franked stamped and weighed and posted on time to meet deadlines. Filing, photocopying and getting marketing material ready, in house systems data entry re records
Contact: Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
General Office Assistant – Central Manchester
Job Type:  Temporary – 3 Months
Salary:  above minimum wage
Sector:  Barristers’ Chambers
Job Specfication
The successful applicant will be required to carry out a range of office duties including, post, data entry, filing, use of fax, e-mail, telephone, hand deliveries to court/solicitors.
Person Specification
Candidates should have achieved good grades in English and Maths, be competent in the use of basic IT and be very well presented with a ‘can do’ attitude.  Prospects within this organisation are excellent, for the right person.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Entry Level Marketing Assistant – Central Stockport
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  Minimum Wage
Sector:  Accountants
Job Specification
Well established accountancy practice seeks assistant to work within their existing marketing team.  The successful candidate will be assisting the Marketing Co-ordinator with database management and will be responsible for mails shots, event management, Seminars, internal communications and researching and helping to provide an effective web marketing strategy. 
Person Specification
This role will best suit an individual who is looking to develop a career and who has the necessary drive and ambition to make it happen.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Administration Assistant – Stanley Green, Cheadle Hulme
Job Type:  Permanent
Salary:  To be confirmed at interview
Sector:  Air Conditioning
Job Specification
Professional local company requires administration support in dealing with incoming calls, general office duties, placing orders and weekly reports.
Person Specification
Applicants should be enthusiastic, have lots of initiative, confident telephone manner and good keyboard skills.
Contact:  Maria Grimsley, 0161 480 8171, email maria@damartraining.com
Business Development Assistant - Stockport
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Sector: Training and Recruitment
Salary: £12,000 PA plus bonuses
Specification: Working closely with the Business Development Manager and members of the recruitment team you will be contacting potential new customers by telephone and explaining the benefits of Damar’s integrated recruitment and training service. You will report directly to the Business Development Manager but will also have the support of the whole team, including the managing director. The role is for someone who is confident and can sell the features and benefits of Damar Training, such as the free advertising, free resourcing, recruitment and training.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Assistant Administrator – Central Manchester
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Sector: Business Consultancy
Salary: minimum rate
Person Specification:
The person will need to be organised and with good communication skills, the job will require a methodical and confident approach to deal with a variety of tasks and work through the tasks set on a daily basis.
Job specification:
The person will be joining a team where they will be working in an administrative role. They will be involved in a variety of administration tasks including scanning documents, data entry, faxing, filing, photocopying and general office tasks, meeting and greeting and answering the phone and other administrative duties generally.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com.
Office Administrator – lettings administration, Cheadle
Job Type: Permanent
Sector: Property
Job Specification
The role is for an administration assistant to join the team and work in a busy lettings department and to assist with a varied and busy work load with regards to tenancy agreements and administration tasks, the role is a varied one where there will be interaction with clients both over the telephone and face to face, the candidate will be required to use a bespoke computer system and will be responsible for the updates and maintenance of the data bases and for registering new details on names addresses. There will be a great deal of liaison between land lords tenants and agents.
Person Specification
The person required will need to be capable of dealing with people in a professional manner and both over the telephone and face to face, the person will need to be methodical and organised.
Contact: Elizabeth McGrail, 0161 480 8171, email elizabeth@damartraining.com