About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. Theyre an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Living Places team as a Commercial Administrator in Aylesbury. You'll help to deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
Role purpose
1. Support the commercial function by providing clerical and administrative duties in accordance with the document management system.
2. Proactively working with the team, updating databases; downloading and manipulating data into spreadsheets, pivot tables and other electronic formats.
3. Assist with the reporting, creating and maintaining registers, trackers and schedules.
4. Responsible for creating and maintaining data in accordance with the approved filing structure and amending, revising, or updating this structure as required, coordinating and recording meetings.
What you'll be doing
As a Commercial Administrator, you will have the following accountabilities:
5. Measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures
6. Review administrative progress weekly & monthly
7. Plan commercial activities to meet requirements of the appropriate calendars for the business, project and/or contractual requirements.
8. Measure & interpret specifications & drawings
9. Build up estimates from first principle including net and gross estimates
10. Translate measurement from drawings and Specifications and help prepare Bills of Quantities and Schedules of Rates
11. Collation of Cost and Value Information
12. Preparation of Cost reconciliation statements
13. Provide the support necessary to inform the procurement & supply chain function
14. Record and document information including pre-qualification, registration of interest, tender lists, procurement schedules
15. Collation of cost and value information
16. Can logically order & manipulate data
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
17. Similar experience would be advantageous
18. Computer literate and confident learning new applications
19. Industry appreciation
20. Appreciation of the role of the commercial function
21. Excellent communication skills
22. Ability to multi-task and work independently as well as in a team;
23. Achievement focus (Achieving Results)
24. Analytical thinking & decision making
25. Highly motivated, proactive and practical administrator
26. Excellent interpersonal skills
27. Honest reliable and professional person
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more