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Location: Dartford, Kent
Hours: Core Hours from 9.30am - 2pm, Monday - Friday, Part and Full time applications considered.
Salary: From £24,500 dependent on experience, pro-rated for agreed working hours.
Holiday: 28 Days incl. Bank Holidays
Sector: Construction, Fenestration, Administration
Our client is a UK-based specialist contractor providing the design, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of commercial shopfronts and glazing solutions for retail and commercial clients. The company delivers a wide range of services including aluminium shopfronts, curtain walling, structural glazing, doors, shutters, glass installations, and bespoke fit-out solutions. Established as a family-run business with over 30 years of industry experience, they have built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality installations for leading retail clients across the UK.
They are now looking for an office administrator who can pull together the invoicing, installation team's diaries, enquiries and wider office collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in administrative tasks, as well as some invoicing and preferably be from a construction or similar installation-based background.
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Position Duties
- Raising invoices and purchase order for the wider teams, and chasing payments as necessary
- Full range of administrative tasks, including but not limited to: inbox management, stationary ordering and organisation, dealing with enquiries over the phone, managing any post to/from the office, scanning and filing for the wider teams
- Booking and managing the installation teams diaries for efficiency and minimal down time
- Accurate and up to date reporting on payments and missed payments to senior management
- Assisting the wider teams, such as design and installation teams, with any administrative tasks they may require, such as parking permits or printing
- Booking meetings and sending calendar invites for the wider teams
Position Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in a construction administrator or maintenance administrator position
- The ideal candidate will have experience using QuickBooks for invoicing and reporting
- A Good understanding of construction health and safety, and document control requirements
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- In depth understanding of how a construction or fit out firm operates and the type of support that may be required
- High level organisation skills are essential to this role, along with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks
- Clear, concise and accurate written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent telephone skills and the ability to speak confidently with different types of clients and industry professionals
- Great time and diary management skills for yourself, and engineers
- The ability to reliably commute to the office based in Dartford.
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Position Remuneration
- Salary awarded dependent on experience, starting £24,500 for full time candidates and pro-rated for part time candidates
- Core hour working required Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 2pm, with flexible hours offered around that, giving a strong work life balance.
- Full time or part time candidate considered if the above hours can be met
- 20 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
- Friendly, busy working environment and welcoming office space.
This is a rare opportunity to join a friendly long established, highly successful family run firm.
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