Description
Business Administrator - Maternity Cover Contract
Location: Chelmsford
Contract: Maternity Cover
Salary: £27,976 per annum
Are you an organised, detail-focused person, experienced in business administration? We’re offering an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Performance team on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a busy office environment and can hit the ground running. You’ll play a key part in helping us deliver accurate monthly reports to our clients, supporting meetings, and keeping our systems and trackers up to date.
What You’ll Be Doing Day-to-Day
* Organising meetings & writing meeting notes
* Collecting vital data and statistics from all areas of the business
* Updating monthly reports using PowerPoint and Excel
* Transferring information from internal systems into reporting files
* Assisting the team to keep within agreed timeframes
* Double-checking information to spot errors and flagging them for correction
* Adhoc digital filing and organising documentation
* Keeping trackers up to date with good news, feedback, and actions
Person Specification
Essential:
* Great communicator, confident on the phones and able to speak to stakeholders from all parts of the business
* Confident using Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and willing to learn new systems
* Careful and accurate, with strong attention to detail
* Clear written communication skills for summarising information
* Organised and reliable, with a professional approach
* Trustworthy with sensitive information
* Experience in previous administration roles
Desirable:
* Familiarity with creating meeting minutes/actions
* Interest in highways, operations, performance reporting, H&S, sustainability, or commercial reporting
* Experience using databases or pulling reports (training provided)
* Access to own transport to get to and from the office (public transport can be lengthy)
Benefits
* Access to 24/7 GP Service
* MyMedicash Plan
* Retail Discounts
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Reward and Recognition Programme
* Private Pension
* Death in Service Cover
* Learning and Development Opportunities
* Free lunch provided by our onsite chef
* Free use of our onsite gym
Marlborough is a dynamic, independent civil engineering company with 30 years’ experience in every aspect of traditional and contemporary civil engineering work.
We have a pool of over 480 multi-skilled, longstanding staff, and our own dedicated in-house Project Managers. Members of our leadership team get involved from day one and are always on-hand to provide exceptional customer care.
We are a multi-discipline contractor, specialising in full-service highway and public space maintenance, improvement and construction; delivering services to London Boroughs, Local Authorities and the supply chain.
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