Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

Salary: £19,000 - £23,800

Location: 1 Hills Road, Cambridge

(Soon to relocate to Triangle, Shaftesbury Rd, Cambridge, CB28BW)

What it’s about

A unique opportunity to provide administrative assistance and support to the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. 

What you’ll be doing

• Provide high-quality administrative and customer services to both internal and external contacts
• Liaise effectively and professionally with customers as required via telephone, email and face-to-face
• Assist with arrangements for internal and external events meetings and events including source/book meeting rooms and organise attendance with both internal and external colleagues
• Use Microsoft office and other internal systems
• Prepare, collate and print materials for meetings
• Process invoices and expenses
• Book accommodation and travel arrangements using in-house systems
• Update and maintain relevant Sharepoint pages
• Assist with archiving of paper copies and housekeeping of electronic files
• Sort incoming/outgoing mail
• Work to agreed deadlines

What we’re looking for

Qualifications

Educated to at least A-level standard with at least 5 GCSE’s or equivalent at Grade C and above including English and Maths

Skills

Good written and oral communication skills

Ability to prioritise workload effectively and meet deadlines

Accuracy and attention to detail

Experience

Administration experience working in a busy office environment

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products

Experience of providing a high level of customer service

Behaviours

Professional and positive approach to work, with ability to use own initiative.  Must have the ability to work under pressure and be flexible.

Who we are 

Cambridge Assessment English is a part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. We are the global leader in English language assessment. We help people learn English and prove their skills to the world. We provide exams in English for speakers of other languages taken by over 5 million candidates worldwide each year, as well as the leading range of qualifications for language teachers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader and be rewarded with valuable learning opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive package of benefits to help with your life both inside and outside of work:

• Generous contributory pension
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays 
• Annual performance related bonus and increases (discretionary) 
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay and childcare voucher scheme 
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee discount and cash back scheme at 2,500 retailers 
• Cycle scheme 
• Season Ticket Loan
• Subsidised staff restaurants
• Support for professional qualifications
• Discounted access to the University of Cambridge Sport Centre, along with various other local gyms.

Work/life balance is important to us here at Cambridge Assessment, and we offer all our colleagues a range of flexible working options, which suit both the business and the employee. So please let us know of any flexible working requirements when applying and we can see how we can support you.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 06/03/2018  and interviews will be held on 19th March 2018.

Going forward all Job Description content will be incorporated into the body of our Job Adverts. This allows candidates to read all the job information no matter where they have seen the job role. A separate job description document may be sent out at the interview invite stage but will include the same content as our advert. 

As part of your recruitment process you will be required to undergo a background screening. This will be carried out by our selected supplier, Credence Background Screening Limited.