Job Overview
The ideal candidate will possess previous office administration experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in navigating the systems and processes of large organisations. You should thrive in deadline-driven environments, exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and demonstrate adaptability in supporting our operational needs.
The successful candidate will become an integral part of the business support team, ensuring the smooth running of the administration function and be the point person for our head office and property managment.
This role is office based with flexibility to WFH on a Friday.
Main Duties
1. Reception | Meet and greet visitors, arrange catering for meetings, book meeting rooms & hot desks.
2. Office management | Ordering of office supplies, arranging couriers & post,
3. Property management for both the Olney and Bletchley Warehouse | Maintenance of lifts, security, fire alarms etc.
4. Training | Manage the training booking procedure for our team.
5. Fleet Administration | Support the team who have fleet vehicles where necessary, liaising with the Fleet Department arranging MOT's, Insurance, Servicing etc.
6. General assistance to administrative requests from other departments.
What we are looking for
7. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written.
8. Must possess the ability to positively interact with staff at all levels within the account and wider business.
9. Attention to detail.
10. Familiar with MS Office packages, including Excel, Outlook, Word.
11. Self-starter with the ability to unravel processes and suggest/implement improvements that drive efficiencies.
12. Lively and enquiring mindset
13. Ability to thrive in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment.
14. Capable of working under own initiative with minimum supervision.
15. Commercially and financially aware
16. Proven experience in problem solving and issue resolution.
17. Methodical and well organised
18. Resilient and tenacious
19. A knowledge of Mitie systems and procedures would be desirable but not essential.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.