Administrator

Brown&Co; Banbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday scheme: 25 days+

Life Assurance 4x salary

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Enhanced parental leave

Holiday Buy Back Scheme

Long Service Awards

Westfield Health Cashplan

Volunteering Day

Job summary

Brown & Co at the Banbury office is seeking an Administrator to join our Land Agency team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role suits a highly organised individual with strong administrative experience and excellent communication skills.

You will provide efficient business support to a busy team of Land Agents, handling a wide range of duties from client correspondence to report preparation, project administration and enquiries. A varied, fast-paced environment awaits.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years' experience in an administrative role.
• Experience supporting a professional services, property, rural or surveying team is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Word processing and audio typing skills.
• High standards of presentation and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Managing project files and undertaking project administration.
• Document management - preparing reports, formatting and proofreading, including letters and reports.
• Support Land Agency colleagues with administration of land, property and estate management instructions.
• Handle incoming enquiries from clients, landowners, occupiers and the public.
• Assist with invoicing and financial administration.
• Organise office and client meetings, events and seminars.
• Produce accurate transcription from dictation.
• Occasional minute taking at team and client meetings.
• Diary management and travel arrangements for team members.
• Assist with administration for presentations and seminars.
• Maintain document management systems and ensure records are accurate and up to date.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

MS Office proficiency

Time management

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Our Banbury office is looking for an Administrator to join our established Land Agency team on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a diverse role that would suit a highly organised individual with a strong administrative background, excellent communication skills and a professional approach.

The successful applicant will provide efficient business support to a busy team of Land Agents and rural property professionals, assisting with a wide range of administrative duties including client correspondence, report preparation, project administration and receiving enquiries. This role offers the opportunity to work within a fast-paced rural property environment dealing with general administration, correspondence and report writing, and enquiries from the public.

Responsibilities

• Managing project files and undertaking project administration.
• Document management - preparing reports, formatting and proofreading, including letters, reports and similar.
• Supporting Land Agency colleagues with the administration of land, property and estate management instructions.
• Handling incoming enquiries from clients, landowners, occupiers and members of the public.
• Assisting with invoicing and financial administration.
• Organising office and client meetings, events and seminars.
• Producing accurate, high-quality transcription from dictation.
• Occasional minute taking at team and client meetings.
• Diary management and arranging travel for team members.
• Assisting with the administration for presentations and seminars for the office.
• Maintaining document management systems and ensuring records are accurate and up to date.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years' experience in an administrative role.
• Previous experience supporting a professional services, property, rural or surveying team would be advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Word processing and audio typing skills.
• High standards of presentation and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• A proactive and flexible approach to supporting a busy team.

Finding the right people is important to us and transferable skills are always welcome. We value potential and are open to candidates who may not have every listed skill.

• A generous holiday scheme starting at 25 days holiday increasing by 1 day each year to 28 days after 3 years of service.
• Life Assurance of 4x your basic salary.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, adoption and shared parental leave benefits.
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Westfield Health Cashplan.
• 1 Volunteering Day for your chosen charity each year.

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not tolerate discriminatory behaviour of any kind, in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Core working hours are Monday – Friday 9.00am – 17.30pm.

This is a temporary full-time position based on 37.5 hours (Monday – Friday). We also operate a 'Smart Working' policy, enabling our employees to enjoy a work/life balance.