Operational Administrator

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Colchester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Virtual GP service

Life cover – 8x salary to dependents

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Competitive pension – 6% match

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is recruiting an Operational Team Administrator for the Water Recycling Operations team in Colchester. You will provide essential administrative support, manage diaries, coordinate meetings and ensure data is captured in line with GDPR.

The role requires secretarial/administrative experience, strong IT skills (MS Office 365), and the ability to meet tight deadlines with excellent verbal and written communication. Driving licence is also required.

Qualifications

• Secretarial and/or administrative experience.
• Excellent IT skills – MS Office 365.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Strong communication skills – verbal and written.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexible approach to work.
• Valid Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Accurate planning, scheduling and recording of all meetings (rooms, minutes, refreshments, invitations, attendees).
• Managing meeting diaries and monthly team meetings.
• Maintaining health and safety records for all team members.
• Keeping track of training expiry and gaps.
• Ensuring GDPR-compliant data collection/retention.
• Ordering PPE, tools, equipment and stationery for the team and sites.
• Managing invoices.

Skills

Secretarial experience

Administrative experience

MS Office 365

Deadline driven

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Flexible approach

Driving licence

Job description

Operational Administration – Water Recycling

Salary: From £25,834 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term Contract (12months)

Location: Colchester Water Recycling Centre

We offer a wide range of benefits including Private health care, Virtual GP service for you and your household. Generous pension scheme – we double-match your contributions, up to 6% giving you 18% combined contribution. For a greater career just add water!

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in‑house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who are responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets?

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a proactive and organized Operational Team Administrator to join our Water Recycling Operations team. You will play a vital role in supporting our operational teams by providing essential administrative assistance, ensuring smooth operations within the catchment area.

Duties

• Accurate planning, scheduling and recording of all meetings (meeting rooms, record minutes, arrange refreshments, organising invitations and communicating with attendees)
• Managing meeting diaries, scheduling 1:2:1 meetings and monthly team meetings with efficiency and effectiveness is mind
• Maintaining health and safety records for all team members
• Keeping a record of gaps and/or training that is due to expire
• Ensuring that all data collection and retention is in line with GDPR regulations
• Ordering PPE, tools and equipment and stationery for team members and sites in the area you serve
• Managing invoices

What does it take to be an Operational Team Administrator?

• Secretarial and/or administrative experience
• Excellent IT skills – experience in MS Office 365
• Ability to meet strict deadlines
• Strong communication skills – both verbal and written
• Attention to detail
• Flexible approach to work
• Valid Driving Licence

Benefits

• Personal private health care
• Virtual GP for you and your household
• Life cover – 8 x annual salary paid to dependents
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service as well as bank holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• Flexible working dependent on your role
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for Maternity/Adoption leave

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers and our environment.

Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do!

We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long‑term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long‑term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

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