Administrator

Brown&Co LLP; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement 25 days

Life Assurance

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Enhanced parental leave

Holiday Buy Back

Long Service Awards

Health cash plan

Volunteer day

Job summary

Brown&Co LLP in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a part-time Administrator to join our Land Agency team. The role is 22.5 hours per week (Wed-Fri) and suits a highly organised person with strong admin experience and excellent communication skills.

You will provide efficient support to a busy team, handle document production, client correspondence, diary management and transcription, and contribute to a professional rural property environment.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years' experience in an administrative role.
• Experience supporting professional services, property, rural or surveying teams 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, 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 transcription from dictation with high accuracy.
• Occasional minute taking at team and client meetings.
• Diary management and arranging travel for team members.
• Assisting with administration for presentations and seminars for the office.
• Maintaining document management systems and ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
• Ordering stationery and office supplies as required.

Skills

Administrative support

Microsoft Office

Communication

Organisation

Diary management

Transcription

Time management

Audiotyping

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview of the Role

Our Bury St Edmunds office is looking for a part-time Administrator to join our established Land Agency team. This is a diverse role that would suit a highly organised individual with a strong administrative background, excellent communication skills and a professional approach.

Job Description

Overview of the Role

Our Bury St Edmunds office is looking for a part-time Administrator to join our established Land Agency team. 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 handling 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.
• Ordering stationery and office supplies as required.

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.

Our Benefits

• A holiday scheme starting at 25 days holiday increasing by 1 day each year to 28 days after 3 years of service.
• Life Assurance of four times 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.
• One Volunteering Day for your chosen charity each year.

Equal Opportunities

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

This is a permanent part-time position based on 22.5 hours (Wednesday – Friday).