Apprentice Solutions Development Technician

About MBA Group:

MBA Group Limited is a dynamic and innovative marketing solutions provider headquartered in Tottenham, North London. We specialise in helping businesses connect with their target audiences through creative and technology-driven marketing campaigns. With offices in Warrington and Central London also, we are committed to delivering exceptional service to our clients.

More information can be found at:

www.mba-group.com

www.videosmart.com

www.studiocertain.com

www.intilery.com

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Software Development Technician. If you know any school leavers that would like to be considered for our Apprenticeship scheme, then please show them this advertisement, and ask them to follow the Application Process below.

Role Overview:

The Development team are responsible for creating and maintaining applications and systems that will deliver multichannel communications and reporting management information to our customers.

In this role you will learn how to deliver solutions to our customers, document those solutions and work with the whole team. You will learn how to make changes and improvements to existing solutions and understand how your role can support in the implementation of new projects into MBA.

You will learn how to design solutions, estimate tasks, and complete your work to the highest standard. You will learn how to be fully responsible for your own work and take guidance from the team, your mentor, and your line manager. Quality and on-time delivery are important to us, and they will be important to you too.

In addition to this, you will receive continuous training on a range of Quadient (formally GMC) products such as:

·        Inspire Designer

·        Inspire Automation

·        Scripting

Key Tasks & Objectives:

·        Data Processing tasks such as download, reformat, manipulate, cleanse, mail sort etc.

·        Document composition for both transactional and direct mail campaigns

·        Produce proofs and live output to job specification and often working to tight timescales.

·        Carry out sufficient quality checks to ensure output is accurate and error free.

·        Liaising with various departments across the business, in particular Account Management and Production

·        Respond to any issues in a timely manner.

·        Convert manually processed jobs into fully automated systems.

·        Create automated management information/reporting.

Personal attributes:

·        Eager to learn and add to their knowledge base and skills

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Meticulous

·        Attention to detail

·        Ability to work under pressure

·        Well organised

·        Positive work ethic

·        Flexible and adaptable

·        Determination to succeed

·        Excellent Team Player

·        Conscientious and ambitious

·        Punctual and reliable

Key Skills:             

·        Technical Competency

·        Problem Solver

·        Analytical thinker

·        Knowledge of databases (ODBC, SQL) is advantageous 

Qualifications:

5 GCSE’s grades A*-C /9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)

Eligibility:

Candidates must not already hold a qualification in the same subject area, or in a subject that is very closely related to the apprenticeship, as this will make them ineligible to apply.

Future Prospects:

To become Junior Developer and grow with the Company.