Job title: Office Coordinator & PA to the Zizzi Board
Report to: EA to the Azzurri Board & Office Manager
Location: Paddington, Central London
Hours: 08:30 - 17:00, Monday – Friday
This is an on-site role that will require the successful candidate to be in our head office location 5 days a week.
Start date January 2026
Who we are
The Azzurri Group is one of the UK’s largest and most successful hospitality investment platforms. We operate two leading national Italian full-service brands, Zizzi and ASK Italian and the UK’s leading quick-service Italian, Coco di Mama. Beyond Italian cuisine, we boast renowned Irish fast casual Mexican restaurant brand Boojum, and most recently the world famous, ‘mind-blowing’ fried chicken brand Dave’s Hot Chicken. We also own Openr, an innovative tech start-up providing a product, pricing and order management technology platform.
As a group, our purpose is to build better food businesses that sustain happy, healthy lives. We are in this together, and we’re committed to providing an engaging, honest, and inspiring working environment for you to grow and develop your career.
At Azzurri, we believe that a diverse and inclusive team is essential to building great relationships and connections, and ultimately a better business. If you’re passionate, want to make a positive impact and share our values, we would love to hear from you!
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and organised candidate to be front of house for Azzurri and PA to the Zizzi Board. We are seeking a candidate who has excellent written and verbal communication skills, is able to effectively prioritise, and has a warm and friendly manner.
About the role
Office Coordinator
* Greeting visitors in a warm, friendly manner and ensuring they are attended to
* Handling deliveries, organising couriers and transport as required
* Meeting room diary management
* Daily head office postal process & room organising
* Ordering and managing stationery & office supplies e.g. canned drinks, tea, coffee, paper
* Organising twice weekly Coco di Mama breakfasts, and monthly lunches for Chapel Street and managing quantities
* Looking after the day-to-day office maintenance and arranging repairs when necessary through an online portal
* Keeping up to date with and acknowledging calendar events, such as Halloween and Valentines Day
* Efficiently manage all incoming calls
PA to Zizzi Board
* Day-to-day diary management and travel booking for the Zizzi MD
* Ad hoc assistance to the wider board
* Diary management + meeting room bookings
* Away days
* Travel - within the UK & International
* Team Announcements
* Expenses for the Zizzi Board
* Events: Team Away Days + Business Planning trips, wider company events including Roadshows, Zizzifest & Zizzi Anniversary
* Arrange the team lunch on Monday’s
* Monthly Board Management
* Catering
* Agenda + minutes
* Promotions and pricing tracking across competitor brands
What will you bring?
* Experience in an administrative role necessary, experience in a PA role desirable
* Confident communicator, both written and verbal
* Organised
* Forward thinking & proactive
* Advanced in Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word and Excel
* A keen eye on the detail
* Great team player!
We will be looking for you to show us that you share our Azzurri values - Do Better, Be Curious, Don’t Give up, Be Caring, and Be You. Find out more on www.azzurrigroup.co.uk
What’s on offer at Azzurri?
We have a cool office space in Central London, designed by our in-house creative team. With barista training as part of your induction, a free Coco di Mama breakfast twice a week, free fruit, a variety of cold and hot drinks all day every day, and lunch together every month to stay connected, you’ll see that we are a hospitable bunch.
Your development is key, and we offer apprenticeships, management, and leadership programmes as well as skills and professional development. There are lots to get involved with to keep learning.
So you can take care of your wellbeing, holidays increase the longer you stay with us, you will have access to our EAP scheme, eye tests and eyecare savings and an annual flu jab voucher. There is an annual bonus scheme of up to 10%, and a competitive salary. You can also get involved with volunteering.
Salary £35,000 DOE