We’re extremely excited and honoured to be recruiting for a new PA/Administrator, for this incredible organisation, based in the Heart of Canterbury.

Reasons to work at our client:

• Stunning view from your desk
• A friendly and supportive team
• A real focus on events organising in this role
• The opportunity to develop your skills
• A fantastic, engaging and positive Head of HR
• 25 days annual leave
• Close to shops, restaurants and the River Stour

Please find further details below:

Job title: PA/Administrator

Location: Canterbury. No parking available on site.

Salary: Up to £31,796

Annual leave: 25 days annual leave

Start date: This position is available immediately, however our client can wait if you require 1 months notice.

The culture: You’d work closely with the Leadership Team to establish and embed a healthy culture, committing to the organisations values and demonstrating them through professional and generous behaviour.

Your principal tasks would be:

• Provide high quality administrative support including managing email inboxes, expense processing, drafting reports, letters, and other correspondence on behalf of the Leadership Team
• Extensive diary management
• Act as a first point of contact with internal and external stakeholders, dealing with correspondence and phone calls on a routine basis.
• Answer general questions, filtering routine matters to appropriate parties and follow up to ensure any action needed is taken.
• Organise international travel and/or accommodation arrangements as may be required from time to time.
• Support the Executive Support Manager in ensuring line managers are briefed prior to attending meetings to understand expectations, duty, and role.
• Undertake research and prepare briefing papers as directed by the Executive Support Manager
• Participate in wider administrative support and cover arrangements as required including events management and reception duties.
• Provide occasional high-level administrative support to the Heads of departments when requested and agreed.
• Organise, attend and minute high level complex and sensitive meetings
• Provide support to the Events Manager for events and provide cover.
• Support good governance by undertaking tasks allocated by the Executive Support Manager such as maintaining list of committee members and length of tenure for non-executive members of committees.
• Collate performance management data.
• Provide cover for the Reception desk.

You’ll be the ideal candidate for this role if you have the following:

• Experience in a similar position requiring discretion and executive level support.
• Strong administrative background able to work at complex tasks.
• Excellent IT skills including but not limited to Microsoft teams, word, excel and power point.
• Proof reading documents and correspondence to a high standard.
• Information gathering and analysis skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• High degree of numeracy.
• Experience of events management.
• Experience in the use of databases such as Access.

Next steps:

If you have the above skills and experience, then please apply today – this is such an incredible opportunity and we will support you through your new job journey.

Alternatively, if you know someone who may be suitable for this role please share the details. If you successfully refer a friend for the above role, you will receive a £100* voucher of your choice! Terms apply*

Please note if your skills match the requirements for the job then you will receive an e-mail from us (remember to check your junk mail). If you do please call us on ASAP or within 24 hours to discuss the position in further detail with Emma (Candidate Manager) or Nicola (Permanent Consultant).

We look forward to your application.

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