Are you a friendly and enthusiastic person seeking a new challenge within a thriving business?
Do you want to help shape the delivery of a dynamic front of house position?
Are you looking to become part of a collaborative culture and team ethos environment?
If you answered yes to the above questions, this could be the perfect role for you.
We are looking for a pro-active Business Support Assistant to join Pick Everard's busy London office on a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills, and progress on your career journey within a National Construction Consultancy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a range of administrative, clerical and technical support to the office teams in London. You will be our front line contact who will be responsible for meeting and greeting external and internal clients to the office, providing a warm, professional greeting on their arrival.
Some of the duties include: monitoring the local office inbox, taking shared responsibility for travel and accommodation bookings, assisting meetings and taking minutes, organising fundraising and charity events and playing a part in the rolling switchboard process where you will be undertaking telephone switchboard and reception duties.
We are proud to offer a collaborative, positive working culture, with excellent progression opportunities. The Business Support function is within the wider People and Culture team, meaning you will have fantastic opportunities to learn and grow from other aspects of the business and build a great knowledge of us as a leading, National Construction Consultancy.
If you have limited experience but the desire to learn, do not hesitate in applying. We are happy to provide support and training to the right individual!
Find out what it is like to work at Pick Everard here: Life at PickEverard - Pick Everard
Our ideal Business Support Assistant must have:
- At least 5 GCSE’s at C level or above (or equivalent) including English and Maths
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong technical ability in using MS Office software (Word, Excel and Power-Point) and other appropriate packages
- Great organisational skills
- Administrative/PA experience
- The ability to manage your own time and complete multiple tasks to deadlines
- Great communication skills
Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.
We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.
We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.
What we offer
Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
- Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
- Professional subscriptions
- Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
- Stakeholder pension
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.
We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.
