Administrator
Full time (37 Hours)
Monday to Friday
£11.44ph- £11.71 DOE
Our Client is Northern Powergrid, based in Shiremoor. Their vision is to be the best energy company in serving their customers whilst delivering sustainable energy solutions. They are looking for an Project management officer to support them within their team.
The successful candidate must work well within a small team and within a busy environment, you will be working directly with PMO Coordinator and PMO Manager. The team are looking for an experienced candidate who is looking to take a step back in a less stressful environment.
Duties will include:
1. Processing purchase requisitions and receipting of purchase orders
2. Update and maintenance of spreadsheets used in the monitoring and control of purchase requisitions for suppliers and contractors
3. Investigating and resolving invoice queries with varying levels of complexity
4. Taking action to resolve unpaid supplier invoices through engagement with internal purchase order requestors
5. Develop and maintain strong relationships with colleagues within Information Systems Purchasing, Procurement, Accounts Payable teams as well as with our main IT supplier
6. Conversion and loading of documents into the Electronic Document Approval system
7. Monitoring and reporting of documents passing through the document approval process
8. Maintain local instructions and guidance notes on the activities you are responsible for
9. Offer guidance and assistance to Project Managers on purchase requisitions
Key Competencies
10. Good attention to detail
11. Good use and understanding of Microsoft Office products with specific focus on Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel
12. Good written and verbal communication skills
13. Good customer service skills - on both telephone and email
14. Planning and organisation skills - ability to manage workload to meet deadlines
15. Ability to use own initiative to identify and solve problem
16. Ability to work with project teams
Essential Qualifications and Experience
17. Minimum of 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) including Math and English at grade C/4 or above - evidence must be provided
18. Experience of working within a busy environment
Desirable Qualifications and Experience ( Not essential)
19. Previous experience working in a small Programme/Portfolio Management Office or Project environment
20. Experience raising and receipting Purchase Orders
21. Experience of Oracle ERP systems
If you have the required skills we'd love to hear from you.