Administrative Assistant BLUA67850

Administrative Assistant BLUA67850

Leeds

Competitive Salary

Our client will be one of the largest pensions pools in the UK when established in 2018. They will be one of eight nationally pooled funds, and will oversee the investment of pensions assets, bringing together £43 billion investments of 12 likeminded Local Government Pensions Scheme funds.

They are building an FCA regulated investment company to manage these assets through both internal and external management with a number of investment vehicles, including an Authorised Contractual Scheme. Work on creating this is well progressed to ensure the structures are in place to start to take on assets from mid- 2018.

As their Administrative Assistant, you will be the first point of contact for visitors and callers and be responsible for providing a first-class reception service. You will administer the postal and delivery services to include developing and maintaining monitoring systems, and book travel and accommodation as required for the team, reconciling and submitting expense claims in a timely and efficient manner. You will also administer the meeting room booking system and prepare conference rooms for meetings to include setting up AV/IT equipment and ordering lunches as required.

So, if you are educated to GCSE / Level 2 standard in English and Maths (or equivalent) and are IT literate with basic experience of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint, then we want to hear from you! We’re looking for an individual who has a keen eye for detail and an appreciation for the need for accuracy in a regulated business environment. You’ll need to be willing to learn new things, flexible to carry out tasks where necessary and be a strong team player who can work well unsupervised.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop administrative skills in a brand-new company and help to develop new office systems and processes from the ground up.

The working hours will be 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.