Secretary - Valuation Services

Christie & Co; Leeds; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Holiday carryover & extra Christmas

Life assurance

Wellbeing support via Plumm

Recommend a Friend referral bonus

Enhanced family leave

Cycle to work

Job summary

Christie & Co in the United Kingdom seeks a skilled administrative professional to support the Valuation Services team. Based in Leeds, you will work closely with valuers and management to keep diaries, arrange travel, and manage client communications.

You should have at least two years in secretarial or admin roles, and familiarity with Microsoft Office, audio/copy typing, and Salesforce. You will handle file setup, compliance tasks, fee accounts, and document preparation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a secretarial or admin role.
• Background in the property or legal industry would be beneficial.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, numerate, audio typing and copy typing skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; highly organised and self-motivated.
• Knowledge of Salesforce would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as a point of contact for team members, senior management, clients and external partners.
• Provide administrative support to management, including scheduling meetings, managing diaries, and travel arrangements.
• Deal with telephone and email enquiries.
• Arrange in-house and offsite meetings.
• Provide support to client facing team members assisting with client file set-up, compliance and valuation inspections.
• Raise fee accounts, update pipelines.
• Maintaining information on the Salesforce system.
• Conducting statutory/regulatory enquiries for valuation instructions using Edozo and other online tools.
• Prepare, format and proof-read documents.
• Prepare presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Assist with the development of systems and document templates.

Skills

Secretarial experience

MS Office

Audio typing

Copy typing

Communication skills

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

About Us

We are the leading specialist advisor in the sale and acquisition of businesses

across the hotel, pub, restaurant, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure, and medical sectors. With over 90 years of industry experience, we provide expert brokerage, valuation, and advisory services to clients across the UK and Europe. Supported by a network of 11 offices in the UK and 11 across Europe, we are committed to delivering exceptional service, maintaining the highest professional standards, and building lasting client relationships through tailored, client-centric solutions.

Purpose of the role

To provide support to the members of the Valuation Services team in the form of secretarial, administrative, PA and reception duties. This person can be based in the Bristol, Leeds or Glasgow office.

About the team

The successful candidate will join a team of nine Support Staff who work closely together to provide assistance to approximately 40 valuers located across the country. Each team member is allocated a small number of valuers; however, responsibilities are often shared across the team, and cross-collaboration is actively encouraged.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Act as a point of contact for team members, senior management, clients and other external partners.


• Provide administrative support to management, including scheduling meetings, managing diaries, and making travel arrangements.


• Deal with telephone and email enquiries;


• Arrange in-house and offsite meetings


• Provide support to client facing team members assisting with client file set-up, compliance and valuation inspections


• Raise fee accounts, update pipelines;


• Maintaining information on the Salesforce system;


• Conducting statutory/regulatory enquiries for valuation instructions using Edozo and other online tools.


• Prepare, format and proof-read documents;


• Prepare presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint;


• Assist with the development of systems and document templates;

What we are looking for

The suitable candidate for this role would bring:

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a secretarial or admin role.


• A background in the property or legal industry, coupled with experience providing administrative support to a team of valuers, would be highly beneficial.


• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, numerate, audio typing and copy typing skills.


• Strong verbal and written communication skills, highly organised, and self-motivated.


• Knowledge of Salesforce would be beneficial.

About you

At Christie & Co, we believe that strong personal relationships are key to creating a successful and supportive working environment. By working collaboratively and supporting one another, we achieve success as a team. Our people are:

• Professional and proactive


• Adaptable and autonomous


• Team-oriented and resilient

What we offer

• Discretionary company profitability bonus


• Holiday carryover & additional Christmas leave


• Life assurance


• Employee wellbeing assistance via Plumm


• \"Recommend a Friend\" employee referral bonus


• Enhanced family friendly leave


• Cycle to work scheme