PA & Administrative Assistant : Southall –  £20K – £25K

Lamb Personnel Ltd

Sector: Admin & Secretarial

PA & Administrative Assistant : Southall –  £20K – £25K

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate looking to step into the film industry sector. Our client offers a managed storage, maintenance and technical support service to freelancers working in the film and television industries, as well as specialist rental equipment to film production companies. They are a young company, but their commitment to innovation, technical excellence and customer service is quickly establishing them as a leading company within the industry and they already service many of the high-end feature films, TV productions and TV commercials in the UK.

Brief Role Description
Reporting directly to the company directors and office manager, the role is primarily responsible for keeping them organised and additionally all administration for some office functions. This includes but not limited to; diary management, calendar/travel bookings, scheduling meetings, helping out as directed basis and liaising with staff and customers on a day to day basis.
This exciting opportunity requires a self-motivated, highly organised, proactive and personable individual with a good sense of humour, strong work ethic and positive can-do attitude.
For the right candidate, working from home some of the week would be considered.
 

Role and Responsibilities

  • Personal Assistant to the Directors – diary management etc, as directed.
  • Answering the office phone and helping with customer queries
  • General admin: emailing purchase orders and customer quotes, updating the customer database and Asset Management system
  • Preparing/sending documents as required
  • Various office admin tasks such as directed.

Candidate Requirements

  • Common sense, initiative, with the ability to work under pressure, unsupervised to tight deadlines
  • Conscientious with a positive can-do attitude
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to learn at a fast pace
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Flexibility : the company priorities often change unexpectedly, candidate needs to possess the ability to switch tasks at short notice to meet the business needs.
  • Discretion – working in sensitive areas of film production
  • Computer literate : strong competency with the MS Office suit – Excel, Word Outlook, Apple with ability to learn new programs quickly

Working Conditions

  • 45 hours average per week
  • Open to discuss flexible hours to suit the right candidate
  • Monday to Friday : weekend hours may sometimes be required, though rarely
  • Holiday 28 days per year including bank holidays

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: £20000 - £28000 Per Annum