Commercial Assistant Monday - Friday

Gather & Gather UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in London is seeking a Commercial Assistant to manage onboarding processes, complete staffing rotas, and handle administrative tasks. The ideal candidate should have strong organizational skills and an understanding of financial control systems. This full-time position offers a salary of £36,000 per annum and includes various employee benefits such as training opportunities and access to healthcare support.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Volunteering days

Recognition schemes and people awards

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple administrative tasks efficiently.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with various teams.
• Understanding of financial control systems.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new team members and manage the process effectively.
• Complete rotas accurately and in a timely manner.
• Assist managers with administrative tasks as needed.
• Ensure accurate records for staff details, absence, timekeeping, holidays, and sickness.
• Support managers with covering administrative responsibilities, including holiday cover.
• Assist in operations as necessary.
• Daily sales recording.
• Liaising with suppliers.
• Understand and interpret relevant financial control systems.

Skills

Time management

Administrative skills

Communication

Financial understanding

Job description

We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values – Craft, Creativity and Community – guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for a Commercial Assistant to join our team in London.

Location: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX

Rate of Pay: £36,000 per annum

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the onboarding of all new team members and to own the process from start to finish.
• Ensure that all rotas are completed in the required timeframe and staffed to the correct base/costed rotas at all times.
• Responsible for the completion of all timesheets to the required deadline and to highlight any issues to senior management.
• Ensure accurate records are kept for staff details, absence, timekeeping, holidays, and sickness.
• Support managers with covering administrative responsibilities to include holiday cover.
• Assist in any areas of the operations when circumstances dictate.
• Daily sales recording
• Liaising with suppliers
• Undertake any other reasonable tasks as required
• Understand and interpret the relevant financial control systems and use the information to measure performance and to achieve all financial targets working with senior management where necessary.
• Working with the Operations Manager, Financial Manager and General Manager to ensure the accurate processing of timesheets and to highlight any discrepancies to achieve the business performance of the units.

What's in it for you?

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowanceAccess to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount voucher