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Are you a master of organisation with a knack for keeping teams running smoothly? We're looking for a proactive and detail-driven Administrator to support our dynamic and collaborative team to help us deliver safe, secure, and affordable homes across our communities. We're a not-for-profit housing association committed to providing quality homes and excellent service to our residents. Our work goes beyond bricks and mortar—we're here to build thriving neighbourhoods and support those who live in them. Our Development Team plays a vital role in planning, delivering, and managing new housing projects—from concept to completion and beyond. As Development Team Administrator, you'll be central to keeping our projects and people on track. You'll be involved in a variety of different functions including new business, delivery, sales and aftercare.
Previous office experience with excellent Microsoft Office skills (particularly Word and Excel) are a must, a team player who has good customer experience. You'll be able to take minutes, telephone calls, respond to emails and have fantastic organisational skills too.
What's essential:
* Experience using and maintaining complex excel documents
* Excellent communication skills, including on the telephone, face to face and in writing
* Self-starter with ability to prioritise own workload and work with little supervision
* Have excellent organizational skills
* Experience of working as part of a team
What's desirable:
* Experience of work in the construction industry or property
* Basic understanding of Grant Funding and affordable homes
* Knowledge of Microsoft office
* Car owner and car driver
* Invoice processing and coding experience
* Experience of dealing with complaints
* Experience of dealing with customers
* Experience of property repairs
* Experience of minute taking
* Knowledge of conveyancing and the house buying/selling process
We offer:
* A performance based annual bonus + pension contributions matched up to 6%
* 28 days holiday + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell holiday
* Training & Development and opportunities for continuing professional development including regular tool box talks
* A great team of colleagues to work with
* Regular social and charitable events and a range of wellbeing activities
* Enhanced family leave policies
* A really competitive package of flexible employee benefits including a cycle to work scheme
* Free parking and disabled parking
* Access to two holiday homes in Norfolk and Dorset
Join mhs and contribute to making a meaningful impact on the lives of young people in our community.
At mhs homes we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We're a Disability Confident employer. This means if you tell us you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the job, we'll offer you an interview. We can be flexible when assessing people so everyone has the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job.
Instructions for potential applicants: Please note we're using an anonymised recruitment process for this role. This means the shortlisting panel will only see personal details or CVs if you're shortlisted for interview. Therefore, shortlisting will be done based on your application and supporting statement. Please complete all sections fully and refer to the role profile when telling us about your skills and experience.