Administrator

Churchill Living Ltd; St Albans; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing UK retirement housing firm is seeking a dedicated Administrator to support the St Albans office. Your duties will include organizing meetings, handling communications, and maintaining project databases. The ideal candidate will have a background in office administration, attention to detail, and strong communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary, 24 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and opportunities for professional development. If you are proactive and enjoy a bustling office environment, apply now!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays

Day off on your Birthday

Group Personal Pension Plan

Life Assurance

John Lewis vouchers - £200

Health screening

Eye Care reimbursement

Referral incentive schemes

Training Courses and professional development

Qualifications

• Proactive and personable individual who enjoys a busy office environment.
• Solid background in office administration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Regional Secretary/PA with travel and accommodation reservations.
• Prepare and distribute meeting agendas and take minutes.
• Organise meetings, training, and associated refreshments.
• Handle incoming telephone calls and take messages.
• Meet and greet visitors.
• Update construction projects progress on Company intranet.
• Maintain various databases across teams.
• Type letters, photocopying and filing.
• Distribute mail.
• Order stationery and input purchase orders.
• Assist with office facilities.

Skills

Office administration

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Confident telephone manner

Familiarity with Outlook

Familiarity with Word

Familiarity with Excel

Experience with Share Point

Job description

Job Details

• Job title : Administrator
• Location : Office based at Churchill House, St Albans, AL4 0LA
• Hours : 37 per week, Monday to Friday

Churchill Retirement Living is the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house building sector.

About the role

We’re looking for a professional, diligent Administrator to support our regional teams in the St Albans office.

Reporting to the Regional Secretary / PA, the Administrator will provide general administrative support to the Secretary and other colleagues, working across a variety of internal teams and stakeholders including construction, land buying, sales, and marketing.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will include :

• Supporting the Secretary / PA with travel and accommodation reservations
• Prepare and distribute meeting agendas and supporting documentation, take and transcribe minutes.
• Organising meetings, training, and associated refreshments
• Handling incoming telephone calls and taking messages
• Meeting and greeting visitors.
• Update construction projects progress on Company intranet.
• Maintenance of various databases across the teams
• Typing letters, minutes, photocopying and filing
• Mail distribution.
• Ordering stationery and inputting purchase orders on COINS
• Assisting with site set-up files
• Assisting with the office facilities

The Administrator will liaise with a wide range of internal and external contacts, including customers, suppliers and colleagues maintaining discretion and confidentiality in relation to HR records and financial reports.

Hours of work are 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 to 5.00pm on Friday, with one hour for lunch.

About you

Our new Administrator will be an enthusiastic, proactive and personable individual who enjoys working as part of a busy office environment. You will demonstrate a solid background in office administration with a confident telephone manner and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Attention to detail and time management are important to ensure administration is timely and effective. You’ll be familiar with Outlook, Word and Excel and ideally have some experience of Share Point

Ideally, you will need your own transport as sometimes you may be required to run errands outside the office.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays
• Day off on your Birthday
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• John Lewis vouchers - £200 to all expectant mums and dads
• Health screening
• Eye Care reimbursement
• Referral incentive schemes
• Training Courses and professional development

About us

Churchill Retirement Living are a family‑run, privately‑owned business and we are proud of what we do and the people we work with.

We have exciting and ambitious growth plans for the future and our mission is to be the most successful house builder in the UK. With an award‑winning product and sector‑leading profit margins, the Company is now committing to investing in the future and the long‑term growth of the business.

We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, purpose‑built one and two bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent retirement lifestyle in later life. Developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears of home ownership and provide security, peace of mind and independence.

We’ve won a host of awards; most recently we were ranked in the Sunday Times Top 10 ‘Best Places to Work’ and we were the first ever retirement living specialist to have been named overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by the WhatHouse? Awards.

We are looking for the very best Administrator to join our business and adopt our values so if you want to be part of our success story, apply today.

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