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Vacancy Transport & Despatch Administrator Apprentice

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Vacancy overview

Wage: £16,640 a year
Level: Advanced
Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Closing Date: Wednesday 26th August 2026

Code: 2000047601

Join our busy transport and despatch team and help ensure vehicles, parts and outdoor leisure products reach customers correctly and on time. You will gain practical administration experience supporting delivery paperwork, courier communication, tracking and day-to-day organisation.

  • Support the transport and despatch team with day-to-day administration and paperwork.
  • Prepare, check, print and organise delivery paperwork, labels, manifests and picking documents.
  • Update order, courier and delivery information accurately in company systems and trackers.
  • Help monitor deliveries and collections, checking tracking updates and escalating delays or issues to the Transport Manager.
  • Assist with customer and courier communication, including booking information, delivery updates and basic follow-ups.
  • Support route planning administration by ensuring delivery information, notes and paperwork are complete and clearly recorded.
  • Help keep courier folders, despatch records and proof-of-delivery information organised and easy to locate.
  • Work with warehouse and customer service colleagues to help ensure the correct item, paperwork and delivery information are matched.
  • Assist with basic reports and trackers for deliveries, collections, courier issues and outstanding actions.
  • Support the team with filing, meeting notes, action tracking and process documentation.
  • Escalate missing information, delivery concerns or paperwork discrepancies promptly to the Transport Manager.
  • Follow company procedures, including health and safety requirements, and complete work accurately within agreed timescales.

Requirements and prospects

Due to our location, public transport is unreliable, so applicants must be able to travel reliably to our Old Dalby site.

Desired skills and personal qualities:

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

About the employer

FUNBIKES LTD

We are a growing group of exciting outdoor leisure e-commerce brands, including:
- FunBikes – The UK’s market leader in quad bikes, dirt bikes, and electric scooters
- Dualways – Leading distributors of off-road & road legal vehicles to trade
- Bell Tent Boutique – Specialists in luxury camping and outdoor adventure

We are now part of Loughborough College Group

Visit the Merger website for more details.