HR & Training Jobs In Home Counties
We regularly have a number of HR & Training jobs available in the Home Counties region.
Our offices located in Manchester work with HR & Training clients in the Home Counties region and the surrounding areas.
We have the following HR & Training jobs available in Home Counties.
Office Administrator - Milton Keynes - £24,500
Our client is a national firm of chartered surveyors and property consultants with a network of nine offices and a current headcount of more than 330. This includes 90 partners and 41 associates – one of the highest partner-client ratios for our sector. Their hands-on style produces exceptional results and offers a unique relationship which, they believe, sets them apart from their competitors.
Permanent
£20000 to £24500 per annum
They provide comprehensive property advice to public and private sector organisations and their clients – including over 40 per cent of the FTSE100 – hold some of the largest property portfolios in the country. They ensure that their operational investment and non-operational properties deliver the maximum return possible and cost them as little as possible.
They believe their core values distinguish us from their competitors. These include:
Trust & Integrity - lie at the heart of our business.
Respect - We respect individuals’ strengths and build complementary teams.
Friendliness - Friendship, happiness at work and a sense of humour are central to our culture.
Excellence - We aim to provide a quality of service that is second to none.
About the Team
The Corporate Property Management team currently comprises of 16 fee earners and 5 support staff.
Job Description
To provide a PA/secretarial/administrative service to the Head of the Office and the rest of the Corporate.
Property Management team.
Main responsibilities
1. Reporting to the Head of the Office, operational day-to-day responsibility for the effective performance of all support functions which support fee-earner activities. Supervision of secretarial and administration/clerical staff. Organising regular Office meetings.
2. Contact with both clients and other offices/departments within the Firm either by telephone; in writing or face-to-face. Ensuring timely receipt, distribution and allocation of incoming post; dealing with queries; arranging meetings; ensuring bid documents, reports and all correspondence are dealt with and despatched in a timely and appropriate fashion.
3. Financial administration on behalf of the Office, raising and recording invoices, ensuring timely and accurate issue of fee accounts and dealing with queries (internal and external.) Ensuring timely completion of timesheets and expense claims.
4. Entering and updating information held on the firm’s computerised database, including entering of new instructions, clients and contacts.
5. Undertaking copy or audio WP; filing; photocopying; binding; organising and updating electronic diaries; arranging meets (and catering arrangements); organising travel arrangements. Review and archiving of files on a regular basis.
6. Working in conjunction with central service departments on a day-to-day basis, including HR, Facilities, Marketing, ICT and Finance.
7. Other duties commensurate with the position/the needs of the Office. According to the nature of the work, this may involve data inputting or processing requiring a detailed knowledge of technical (surveying or planning) issues and the ability to address and resolve problems, explaining the action taken to members of the Office, clients and/or other members of the firm.
Skills / Duties:
Key attributes and qualifications
• Fast and accurate typing (65wpm+), combined with an advanced knowledge of Word, including tables. Familiarity with Excel, PowerPoint and databases helpful.
• Experience in similar role in small/medium sized organisation essential. Having worked in a professional/partnership environment would be helpful.
• Well organised; capable of getting things done working to tight deadlines, using initiative and common sense.
• Flexible, self motivated with a real desire to deliver excellent customer service.
• Good written/communication skills with an eye for detail.
• Good time-keeper. Well-presented. Capable of working in a team and without supervision.
Personal attributes
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, coupled with an eye for detail, personal resilience, a commitment to excellence and the ability to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines on a can-do basis.
• High-level administrative and organisational skills to prioritise and ensure work is processed and commitments are met to agreed deadlines.
• Sympathetic, yet robust approach to dealing with issues and problems as they arise on a day-to-day basis.
• Commitment to developing technical knowledge and understanding of the professional environment in which clients and fee-earners operate and the issues which they face.
Qualifications:
Working hours
The normal hours of work for this position are 0900hrs to 1730hrs, Monday to Friday.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
