Overview
The Vacancy: Are you an exceptionally organised, proactive and confident administrator looking to take the next step in your career? We are looking for a Senior Administrator on a 14 month fixed term contract to provide administration support to the Regional Managing Director and wider leadership team, and manage all office tasks. You should thrive in a fast‑paced environment, love making things run smoothly, and anticipate what’s needed before it’s asked.
As Senior Administrator, you will deliver seamless administrative and organisational support, ensuring schedules, meetings and commitments are prioritised and well prepared. Your ability to manage complex diaries, coordinate events, and oversee key leadership activities will directly support the smooth running of the region. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, takes initiative, and can work discreetly with business‑critical information.
As a Senior Administrator you will:
Responsibilities
* Provide proactive administrative support to the Regional Managing Director.
* Manage diaries, events, and understanding director movements at all times.
* Coordinate meetings and site visits, anticipating needs and ensuring everything is prepared in advance.
* Manage agendas for Regional Board and Weekly Board meetings, taking accurate minutes and tracking actions through to completion.
* Coordinate travel arrangements and processing Directors’ online expenses (Concur).
* Handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.
* Produce high‑quality minutes, reports and presentations.
* Support diary management for the wider regional leadership team as required.
* Coordinate and manage all office activities.
What We Offer
* Competitive salary
* Flexible working
* Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
* Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical, Pension 8% employer’s contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and more
* One of the best learning and development programmes customizable to support your career progression goals
To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please visit https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment. We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’, and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Work for Wates
Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity. We are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through gold accreditation with Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. Being a family‑owned business means we understand and value long-term relationships.
The Wates Group is committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste and Zero Carbon from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.
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