Office Manager

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Job summary

A leading construction company seeks an Office Manager in Oxford to oversee and manage essential administrative functions. The successful candidate will lead organisational activities, ensuring smooth operations on site while coordinating with multiple stakeholders. Ideal applicants should possess solid communication skills, IT proficiency, and administrative experience.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday

Option to buy additional annual leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts

Comprehensive skills-based training

Enhanced maternity benefits

24/7 Virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Previous secretarial and administrative experience working for Senior Managers / Directors.
• Ability to compile own letters and maintain discretion.
• Excellent telephone manner.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage organisational and administrative activities for projects.
• Handle setup and dismantling of site facilities collaborating with various stakeholders.
• Ensure smooth office operations on site.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

IT skills

Initiative

Confidentiality

Education

O/GSCE Level including English and Maths

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

E-Mail

Internet

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

Are you a master of organisation with a passion for keeping things running smoothly? We're looking for an enthusiastic Office Manager to be the backbone of our office operations on site in Oxford!

You will Lead and Manage, oversee all organisational, administrative, and support activities for our projects. Handle the setup and dismantling of site facilities, working with local authorities, landlords, agents, service providers, suppliers, and communication services

About you

• Educated to O/GSCE Level standard or equivalent including English and Maths
• Previous secretarial and administrative experience working for Senior Managers / Directors.
• Excellent communication skills including written English and ability to compile own letters.
• Excellent IT skills including; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, E-Mail and Internet
• Excellent telephone manner.
• Ability to use initiative.
• Discretion and confidentiality.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.