Administrative Assistant – Richmond – £21k

Administrative Assistant : Richmond – £21k

We have an opportunity for an experienced Administrative Assistant to join our client on a 3 – 4month basis.

Duties include:

• Assisting with all office administration functions.
• Processing DBS checks.
• Sending out already composed small funding applications.
• Logging donations and sending ‘thank you’ letters.
• Providing administrative support to the Chief Operating Officer.
• Working with the training manager with administration.
• Maintain filing and data systems.
• Responding to general queries and booking enquiries for conferences.
• Word process letters, documents and reports as required.
• Produce information from spreadsheets and databases, commensurate with reporting requirements.

Person Specification:

To be considered you will be responsible for undertaking administrative tasks to a high standard, including work on Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, inputting and handling data on a database, and drawing reports off a database, handling financial information and assimilating it into a format for use and processing financial transaction, including petty cash handling.  You will also be dealing with people over the telephone and handling calls in a professional and courteous manner.       
You must have previous experience working in an office environment dealing with calls, enquiries and emails.  Previous experience using Sage Financial Controller would be advantageous however not essential as training will be provided.
The chosen candidate must be able to work well as part of a team, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good IT skills (including Microsoft Office), and able to prioritize work in a demanding environment, including time – management skills and working to a deadline. 

You must also be available to commit to a 3-4 month contract.

We do try to get back to as many applicants as possible, however some roles are in very high demand, and we will always carefully select and shortlist the resumes that are most aligned to our clients requirements; so if you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please assume that your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. 

Salary: £21000 Per Annum