ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY/RECRUITMENT CO-ORDINATOR – ROTHERWAS, HEREFORD
If you are looking for a new challenge with a global market leader which designs and manufactures aerospace search and rescue equipment, HR Smith Group of Companies is the one for you. We have over 5 decades of experience and are dedicated to finding the perfect solutions for our customers. The HR Smith Group, a world leader in Airbourne antennas, search & rescue equipment and aerospace electronics, has the following vacancy for an enthusiastic person to provide secretarial and reception duties in our Business Administration Centre.
Key Responsibilities:
• Organise and administrate the recruitment process, including uploading job adverts onto recruitment platforms, sponsorship of adverts, processing applicants, coordinating and updating spreadsheets, reporting documents and communicating with candidates and managers.
• Answer incoming telephone calls and transferring callers to relevant staff members.
• Reception duties to include meeting and greeting visitors and guests, issuing visitor passes.
• Organise visitor refreshments and lunch when requested by Directors or Senior Management.
• Process and distribute incoming post, faces and emails.
• General administrative duties to include stock control and ordering of stationary.
• Keep all telephone directories up to date and distribute through the company, as required.
• Process and distribute timesheets on a 5-weekly cycle.
• Control fleet vehicles onsite, ensuring fleet maintenance is kept up to date.
• Control diary for the booking of conference and meeting rooms as required.
• Liaise with internal departments and communicating with external 3rd parties.
• Create agendas, schedules and take minutes for meetings, conferences and other assigned events as and when required.
• Draft and file documents, as well as entering data and maintaining databases.
• Assist directors when required with personal and business administration.
• Distribution of information for promulgation on Company noticeboards.
• Responsible for ensuring reception desk is manned during office hours with the exception of holidays/sickness.
• Supervision and training on the receptionist duties.
• Manage and supervise workloads within reception, as well as drivers/general assistances.
• Principal point of contact for the facilities department and organisation relating to reception duties.
Job Requirements:
• Experience with taking minutes of meetings and have excellent keyboard skills, audio typing.
• Highly proficient using Microsoft Office suite software, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Previous experience in reception duties and customer facing roles.
• Secretarial experience, diary management/scheduling.
• Administration experience, filing and processing documentation.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, customer service and organisational skills.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.
• Presentable, self-disciplined and able to work under pressure.
• Approachable with a willingness to help.
• Previous experience in a supervisory and leadership role.
Benefits:
• Free onsite parking.
• Free refreshments (tea and coffee).
• Casual dress.
• Company social events.
• Opportunity for company bonuses.
• Cost of living reviews carried out annually by the Directors.
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off (to be taken any time in the year).
• Long service holiday accrual scheme where you gain 1 extra holiday day per year from 5-10 years’ service up to a maximum of 26 days.
• Life Insurance Scheme – 3x annual salary.
We have a positive, professional and welcoming environment; you will have the opportunity to work within a fully integrated multidisciplinary business. We offer good job security and stability with career development opportunities for the right candidate.
• Full time position.
• Hours are based on a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm with half an hour each day for lunch. No weekend, evening or bank holiday working.
• Salary commensurate with experience.
• Free internal training provided as required.
• Opportunities to progress, promote internally and up skill.
• Due to the nature of the business being a manufacturing environment, working from home arrangements are not available.
If you want to find out more about one of Herefordshire’s largest hi-tech companies then please visit our website; If you are interest in this role, please email your CV to recruitment@hrsmith.biz.
The HR Department, H R Smith Group of Companies, Unit 416, Tarsmill Court, Rotherwas Industrial Estate, Hereford, HR2 6JZ.