Level 2 Technical Certificate in Business Administration and Marketing

This programme seeks to introduce learners to two main functions within a business and provide a firm basis for further study within the fields of business administration and marketing.

With approximately 3.2 million people in the UK employed within an administrative and secretarial role, across a range of sectors such as public administration, education, health, finance and professional services, this technical qualification provides a springboard into a variety of employment opportunities.

Within business administration, roles can be varied across the sector. Employers have high expectations and require their administrative staff to be multi-skilled, with both technical and practical administration skills, including a focus on efficiency and service delivery both in the workplace and digitally.

A career starting in business administration has diverse progression routes into a broad range of roles throughout an organisation. The technical and practical skills you will develop are highly transferable across all industries.

Developed with employers, this qualification enables you to learn the skills and behaviours that will give you the best opportunity to be successful when moving into employment.

You will cover:

• understanding administrative services
• providing administrative services and business support
• using business technology to process and communicate information
• planning, organising and supporting business events.

After achieving the qualification, you will gain an advantage when applying for a job in business administration in roles such as business administrator, administrative assistant, sales administrator, or office administrator.

Marketing is an essential function in the success of all businesses, whether they are making and selling products or offering services. Marketing roles are varied and incorporate the process of researching initial product and service concepts through to their development, advertising, and digital marketing and sales, including relationship management of customers. There are also specialist marketing agencies that businesses may use to support their marketing activities.

Marketing is a fast paced, creative and challenging environment to work in and offers fantastic progression routes into a number of roles throughout an organisation, the skills you can develop are transferable into most businesses.

Developed in consultation with employers in marketing this qualification ensures that you learn the skills and behaviours that will give you the best opportunity to be successful when applying for work.

You will cover:

• marketing in business
• marketing activities
• digital marketing communication
• marketing campaigns.

Achieving this qualification will give you an advantage when applying for a job in marketing. The types of roles you will be ready for are: digital sales assistant, marketing and branding assistant, marketing and communications assistant, sales agent or sales associate.

Throughout this programme, you will be developing your skills in literacy and numeracy, alongside transferable technical and practical skills in communication, decision-making, self-management and development, problem solving and managing information.

This qualification also gives you a sound basis to progress to a level 3 qualification such as a Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Business or Level 3 Extended Certificate in Marketing or onto an apprenticeship as a Level 3 Business Administrator or Level 3 Marketing Assistant.

We would recommend that you also take E6 option ‘UNLOC’ alongside this qualification.