Project Assistant

Suitable Skills/Experience: Personal Assistant, Project Assistant, PA, Administrative Support, Receptionist, Admin Assistant, Accounting,  Marketing,

Job Title: Project Assistant

Location: Headingley, Leeds (moving to central Leeds in March)

Salary £18,500 pro rata

28 hours per week with potential to go full time, Permanent

The role

As a Project Assistant you’ll be responsible for the following:

• Supporting research executives by opening job numbers on accounting software, completing client win forms, raising purchase orders, booking travel/accommodation, light PA support etc.
• Supporting the marketing team by ensure the database is up to date, collating and issuing marketing items, updating marketing information and supporting with trade shows and meetings.
• Front of house (booking meeting rooms / arranging refreshments).
• Ordering stationery / monitoring supplies.
• Updating staff records.
• Arranging inductions.
• Updating intranet / sending out company communications.
• Dealing with cleaners, managing agent and concierge.

What you’ll need

• Proficiency in MS Office software.
• Able to manage multiple requests (multitask) under pressure.
• Ability to thrive within a lively busy environment and deal with a wide variety of requests from the bog standard to the unexpected!
• Basic knowledge of marketing / social media / market research.
• Great people skills – dealing with people of all levels of the company from exec to board director.
• Become a trusted PA to the members of the operations board.
• Basic business understanding and an ability / keenness to help the company be more efficient.
• Competent with technology.

The company

Our client is an award-winning market research company, servicing some of the UK’s most well-known companies with data to direct their marketing, operating and new product strategies.  It is a young company – less than 2 years old and is growing quickly.  It has a relaxed yet vibrant working environment and will be taking up new premises on Sovereign Street (Victoria Wharf) in Leeds city centre in late March 2015.

So if you wish to be considered for this superb opportunity click ‘apply’. You will receive an email shortly after your application which you will need to read.

No agencies please.

You must be eligible to work in the UK. At HR180 we are an outsourced HR department who advertise vacancies on behalf of our clients.