An exciting opportunity has opened for a motivated and organised Executive Assistant to join a thriving, family-owned business based in Quedgeley, near Junction 12 of the M5. This role will support the Founder in daily operations and play an essential part in the smooth running of the team. This position is ideal for someone with some administrative experience who is ready to step up to an Executive Assistant role, bringing confidence, organisational skills, and a positive attitude. If you’re a born organiser with a talent for keeping things on track, this could be the perfect role for you! Salary: £20,000 to £28,000 per annum (depending on experience) Location: Quedgeley, with on-site parking Days: Monday to Friday (Office based) Key Responsibilities:Provide general administrative support to the Founder, assisting with daily tasks and business operations.Manage the Founder’s calendar, including scheduling appointments and organising meetings.Arrange travel and accommodation bookings, including coordinating travel itineraries.Attend networking events and meetings with the Founder to support relationship building.Answer phone calls and handle correspondence professionally, redirecting as necessary.Maintain and update records, perform data entry, and prepare basic reports.Organise internal meetings, manage logistics, and arrange refreshments when needed.Coordinate staff social events and assist with event planning for the company.Assist with document preparation and minor financial administration tasks, including spreadsheet updates.Requirements:Some experience in an administrative or assistant role (ideally 1 year or more).Competent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).Organisational skills with attention to detail and a proactive approach.Good communication skills, both written and verbal.Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines.Work Permissions: You must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Visa sponsorship is not available at this time. If you’re interested in joining a dynamic team in a growing business, please send us your CV today.....Read more...
Person Specification
The ideal candidate for the Administrator role will love organising files, records, equipment, and people – someone who pays attention to detail and enjoys a varied workload. They will be an able communicator both in person, on the phone and over email and an energetic and motivated organiser. They will be able to work to deadlines and be a confident first point of contact for the organisation.
The key responsibilities are:
Organisational administration
To support the management of robust office systems including sourcing and co-ordination of physical resources and digital filing
To support both organisations with financial administration, keeping invoice and credit card logs, soliciting the relevant paperwork from new suppliers, recording transactions on the accounting system, arranging payments, producing reports and bank reconciliation
To provide administrative support, helping to arrange accommodation, travel and other arrangements as part of event delivery
To deal with general enquiries via phone/person/email
To organise appropriate venues for meetings, order catering when required and ensure rooms and equipment are prepared
To support the taking of minutes for a range of meetings
Monitoring and evaluation documentation
To provide support for events and projects with a particular focus on collating monitoring and evaluation from participants, or funded projects ensuring evaluation sheets are distributed, collected and inputted to the relevant systems
To support work in partnership with key delivery providers, partners and agencies, to disseminate and collate monitoring and evaluation documentation
To help maintain effective digital filing systems to support reporting back to funders
To work with the project evaluators sending them information from our projects they need
Database management
To collate and update databases for activities and finances
To input monitoring data from activities into spreadsheets and or funders monitoring systems for reporting
To help input data to a database framework that enables us to extract information quickly and effectively enabling us to target the relevant people for different events and company communications
Cultural partnership, volunteers and residents’ communication
To send out information to cultural partnership members, volunteers and residents, updating them on activities and promoting opportunities for engagement
To support the administration around commission applications.
To put events on Eventbrite and monitor sign ups
Arrange meetings and co-ordinate the scheduling of meetings, volunteer gatherings as well as booking participants into project delivery
To help recruit and welcome new members, volunteers and residents
To help collect the monitoring data for the Place partnership programme and input into relevant systems
Training:Standard & level
The successful candidate will work towards completing the Level 3 Business Administration Standard from the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. Delivered by Blackpool and The Fylde College offering expert tuition and exceptional facilities.
Personalised programme
Your B&FC apprenticeship is made up of several different elements and each one reflects your individual abilities and career goals. Our expert tutors and assessors have relevant industry experience and will support you to achieve all your goals.
Off-the-job training
Developing your skills at work is called on-the-job training, 20% of your apprenticeship (equal to one full day a week) will be ‘off-the-job’. This might include attending College, tackling projects, online learning, coaching, shadowing, or training for your job.??
Stacks of support
Assessment mostly takes place in the workplace. When you start, you will be allocated a skills coach, who will visit you at least once a month to guide and support you and help you to plan for your future. We will also provide you with specialist support for your English and maths and for any additional needs that you make us aware of.Training Outcome:Contract: Full time, Fixed Term Contract for 2 years.Employer Description:Funded by Arts Council England, LeftCoast delivers Blackpool’s Creative People and Places programme, empowering more residents to discover, choose, and actively engage with the creativity and culture available in their local towns and neighbourhoods. LeftCoast supports everyone involved in its projects to foster a stronger sense of well-being and connection to their communities. By working closely with individuals, community groups, and organisations. LeftCoast aims to inspire positive change and enhance civic life across Blackpool’s neighbourhoods.Working Hours :Working Hours: Generally, 9.00am - 5.00pm. However, some unsociable working hours will be required for events/festivals, with advance notice given.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Initiative....Read more...
