NVQ in Business & Administration - Level 4
Code: VBA4
The Business & Administration Level 4 award is senior level candidates who are have been given considerable administrative responsibility, report to middle or senior management. Candidates will manage systems and resources, working with a high level of autonomy.
The candidates role will involve developing and monitoring facilities and resources to maintain an administrative service within the organisation. Responsibilities will include: developing administrative services, researching and analysing information to support decision making, managing and developing teams, and proposing and managing budgets.
To be eligible you must:
- Be employed either full-time or part-time in an administrative capacity as a senior or high level administrator with considerable responsibility and autonomy in the workplace.
- Be committed to developing a career in business and/or administration.
NVQ Standards
To achieve the qualification, the candidate must complete nine units in total. These are drawn from six mandatory units and three optional units.
Mandatory units
- Maintain effective working relationships
- Develop administrative services
- Implement, monitor and maintain administrative services
- Prepare and co-ordinate operational plans
- Manage and continuously develop your own practice
- Provide information to support decision-making
Optional Units
- Provide the facilities for administrative services
- Provide support for the planning and implementation of administrative services
- Manage your organisation's facilities
- Negotiate and manage agreements for supplies
- Contributing to the planning and allocation of resources
- Support and record formal meetings
- Facilitate meetings
- Develop teams and individuals to enhance performance
- Manage the performance of teams and individuals
- Select personnel for activities
- Monitor your organisation’s compliance with its legal, regulatory, social, environmental and ethical responsibilities
- Monitor procedures to control risks to health and safety
- Manage the use of physical resources
- Manage the use of financial resources
- Maintaining financial records and preparing accounts
- Preparing reports and returns
