Project Assistant

Templer Homebuild; Highweek; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based property services company is seeking a Project Assistant to join its Commercial team. The role demands excellent organisational skills and effective communication to ensure project tasks adhere to timelines and budgets. Ideal candidates will possess a strong analytical background, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to engage in proactive problem-solving. This office-based role also offers flexible work arrangements, including a work-from-home option on Fridays. Competitive benefits such as annual leave and a pension contribution are included.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution up to 5%

31 days paid holiday (including bank holidays)

Annual pay reviews

Life Insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a financial/commercial or analytical environment is advantageous.
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills with excellent communication and rapport building.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and organise project/task activities to meet timelines and budgets.
• Maintain project/task documentation effectively.
• Facilitate collaboration among team members and stakeholders.
• Track project timelines and address issues proactively.
• Serve as the primary contact for project communications.

Skills

Organisation, planning and time management

Effective and confident communication

Proactive problem solving

Tools

MS Office Suite

Excel

Job description

Templer Homebuild has an exciting opportunity for a Project Assistant to join its dedicated Commercial team in Newton Abbot. This role would suit an analytical and inquisitive person who thrives within an environment that is focused on delivering the best value for money possible.

The role of the Project Administrator is to coordinate and organise project/task activities to ensure adherence to timelines and budgets.

The role would be office based Monday to Thursday and Friday working from home.

Benefits:

• Let us help you prepare for your future with an employer pension contribution of up to 5%
• 31 days paid holiday (including bank holidays), but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Annual pay reviews
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.

The Project Assistant role

The ideal candidate will possess the following key skills:

• Organisation, planning and time management
• Effective and confident communication
• Proactive problem solving
• Deadline focussed

The role will include the following tasks

• Co-ordinate and organise project/task activities to ensure adherence to timelines and budgets
• Organise and maintain project/task documentation.
• Facilitate collaboration and communication among team members and stakeholders
• Track project/task timelines and proactively address issues
• Act as the primary contact for project/task related communications
• Assist in optimising resources to meet project/task requirements
• Generate insightful reports on project/task progress and performance
• Uphold quality standards by conducting regular checks on project/task deliverables, ensuring alignment with internal procedures and best practice

By delivering this accuracy, together with your team, you will have the opportunity to genuinely impact on the financial success of Templer Homebuild.

What will you bring as a Project Assistant?

• Previous experience of working successfully within a financial/commercial or analytical environment would be advantageous, someone with a genuine passion and flare for accuracy and detail, is essential. We welcome this experience from a variety of backgrounds and sectors.
• Excellent IT skills to include MS office suite and specifically Excel.
• You’ll be a tenacious, thorough and a curious person whilst genuinely satisfied by ensuring precision and efficiency.
• Above all you will be able to evidence strong numeracy and literacy skills with an excellent communication and rapport building aptitude.

About Templer HomeBuild

We are an exciting venture, with the security and stability of being a subsidiary company of Teign Housing, with a strong connection with Ian Williams, where we benefit from their expertise of being one of the UK’s leading property services companies.

We deliver a comprehensive responsive repairs service (including gas servicing and repairs) as well as offering a host of additional property services such as planned maintenance works, voids, cyclical painting solutions and appliance testing and repairs.

We are passionate about people and firmly believe that our success will only be maintained if we continue to offer you a great place to work, support you with the right benefits and provide you with the opportunity to develop your career and fulfil your potential.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

Templer HomeBuild is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Templer HomeBuild — it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

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