Aventis Pharma Limited Posted September 7, 2026

Business Administration Apprentice

Reading, United Kingdom Full time
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About this opportunity

Location:  Reading

Start date: October 2026

Duration: 18-month apprenticeship programme

Working hours: full-time

Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office, with either Monday or Friday as one of those days

Apprenticeship: Level 3 Business Administrator

About the job  

As a Team Assistant Apprentice, you’ll join our Specialty Care Business Unit and gain hands-on experience supporting a busy and collaborative team while completing your Level 3 Business Administrator apprenticeship.

You’ll build practical skills in business administration, organisation and communication, with opportunities to support meetings, events, projects and day-to-day team activities. This apprenticeship is designed to help you learn, build confidence and develop practical workplace skills with support from experienced colleagues, your manager and your apprenticeship training provider.

Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you’ll be empowered to learn, ask questions and bring your ideas to life – all while being supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.

What you’ll do and learn:

Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll gain hands-on experience while developing skills in:

Supporting day-to-day business administration and helping the team stay organised.

Helping coordinate meetings, team events and conferences, including diaries, travel and event logistics.

Communicating and building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Using Microsoft 365 and learning to use internal business systems and digital tools to support meetings, processes, presentations and communications.

Supporting purchase orders, basic budget administration and accurate record keeping.

Contributing to projects, onboarding, training and wider business activities.

Learning to organise your workload, manage changing priorities and work effectively as part of a busy, collaborative team.

About you 

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you’ll need to:

Have a minimum of five GCSEs at grades 9–4 (A–C), including English and maths, or equivalent.

What we're looking for

We're interested in your potential, motivation and willingness to learn. We're looking for someone who:

Is organised, reliable and pays attention to detail.

Is curious, proactive and keen to learn new skills.

Is comfortable communicating with different people and willing to build confidence working with a range of stakeholders.

Can adapt to changing priorities and enjoys finding solutions.

Has basic confidence using Microsoft 365 tools, or is willing to learn.

Previous experience organising activities or events through school, college, volunteering, community activities or work can be helpful, but is not essential.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Why choose us?  

Stretch your skills through apprenticeships that grow with you.

Learn from inspiring mentors and collaborative teams while contributing to real projects that shape the future of healthcare.

Build your future with access to the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning that keep you ahead of the curve.

Grow in a purpose-driven company where your voice matters and your work helps improve millions of lives.

Thrive in inclusive, flexible workplaces that support your personal and professional well-being.

Launch your career with a company that invests in you, and empowers you to reimagine what’s possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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Pursue progress , discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com !

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Facilities & Administration
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Reading, United Kingdom
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Facilities & Administration role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 88 comparable Facilities & Administration roles across 39 biopharma companies.

88Comparable roles tracked
77Currently active
39Companies hiring similar roles
22Countries represented

Salary context

25 of 88 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Administrative Assistant · Mylan Inc. $37,000/yr – $73,000/yr
Peer group range $55,000 – $270,700 (median $89,326)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 88 comparable roles

United States37
Ireland9
Germany6
France6
China5
Malaysia2

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Seniority mix

26 of 88 peers have a known seniority level

Senior9
Manager8
Director4
Associate2
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1
Senior Director1
Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 88 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Oncology1

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