Team Assistant

Southern Housing; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Housing is seeking an organised Team Assistant to provide high quality admin and business support to a busy team in Horsham. You’ll manage diaries, correspondence, meetings and support projects.

This hybrid role requires careful planning, strong IT skills and clear communication, with 2 days onsite and the rest from home.

Join a housing provider focused on making a difference for residents across the region.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative or business support in an office or team environment.
• Good working knowledge of office systems and processes, with the ability to follow policies and procedures accurately.
• Strong IT skills, including the ability to use a range of software packages to produce documents, spreadsheets and reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a professional and customer focused approach.
• The ability to plan and prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
• Confidence working independently and as part of a team.
• A proactive mindset and willingness to support continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality administrative and business support to the team.
• Manage diaries and correspondence, arrange meetings and support projects.
• Act as a key point of contact for the team, handling enquiries and coordinating information.
• Ensure processes and systems are kept up to date.
• Support day-to-day operations and contribute to continuous improvement of administrative processes.

Skills

Administrative experience

Office systems

IT skills

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Proactivity

Job description

About The Role

We’re looking for an organised and proactive Team Assistant to provide high quality administrative and business support to one of our teams, helping to ensure services run smoothly and efficiently. In this role, you’ll provide a wide range of administrative support, from managing diaries and correspondence to arranging meetings and supporting projects. You’ll act as a key point of contact for the team, handling enquiries, coordinating information and ensuring processes and systems are kept up to date.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across the organisation, supporting day to day operations and contributing to continuous improvement of administrative and business processes. This is a varied role where attention to detail, organisation and clear communication are essential. You’ll be based at our Horsham office, spending 2 days a week with the team onsite and the rest working from home.

You will need:

• Experience providing administrative or business support in an office or team environment
• A good working knowledge of office systems and processes, with the ability to follow policies and procedures accurately
• Strong IT skills, including the ability to use a range of software packages to produce documents, spreadsheets and reports
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a professional and customer focused approach
• The ability to plan and prioritise your workload and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to work
• Confidence working independently and as part of a team
• A proactive mindset and willingness to support continuous improvement

Advert closing date: 12th November 2026 at 23:59

About Us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.