1. Job Title: Team Secretary
2. Team: Planning Issues, reporting to Managing Director
3. Contract: 12 month fixed term maternity cover
4. Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday
5. Location: Ringwood, Hampshire
About the role
The Churchill Retirement Group are recruiting for a Team Secretary to assist the Managing Director of our Planning Issues team based in our stunning Head Office in Ringwood. This position is offered as a 12 month fixed term maternity contract.
As the Team Secretary, you’ll have the opportunity to liaise with a wide range of internal and external contacts. You’ll keep on top of a busy and varied workload, ensuring all deadlines are met and workload schedules are managed. The Secretary is responsible for organizing Public Consultations and collation of planning application and planning appeal documentation.
The Secretary’s additional responsibilities include:
6. Handling all incoming calls quickly and efficiently
7. Greeting visitors
8. Invoice management, raising purchase orders and completing the purchasing process using our procurement system, COINS
9. Public Consultation arrangement
10. Receiving and handling incoming post and collating outgoing post in time for daily collection
11. Typing letters and minutes in accordance with the company standard formats
12. Assisting in compilation and binding of reports
13. Diary management for the Managing Director of Planning Issues
14. Booking meetings, travel and accommodation for team members
15. Maintaining contact lists and updating spreadsheets
Hours of work are 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 to 5.00pm on Friday, with one hour for lunch.
About you
As our new Secretary, you will be a self-motivated, personable individual who enjoys working as part of a busy team. It’s important that you have proven experience as a Secretary or PA and first class organisation skills. You’ll be approachable with a friendly ‘can do’ attitude and pride yourself on your attention to detail and ability to prioritise. You’ll have all round IT skills that include MS Office and experience of databases.
Flexibility and effective communication are key in order to manage a varied and busy workload.
Ideally your circumstances will dovetail with our requirements to cover up to 12 months maternity leave.
How you’ll be rewarded
16. Competitive salary
17. Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days per annum, plus Bank Holidays
18. Group Personal Pension Plan
19. Life Assurance
20. Day off on your birthday
21. £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents
22. Health Screening
23. Eye Care Reimbursement
24. Land Introduction Bonus
About us
We are Churchill Retirement Living, the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house building sector and we’re looking for people like you.
We’re a family-run, privately-owned business and we’re going places. We’re proud of what we do, and the people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, now employing 700 people and growing all the time.
We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, purpose-built one- and two-bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent lifestyle in later life. Developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and provide security, peace of mind and independence.
We’ve won a host of awards; most recently in 2023 we were ranked in the Sunday Times Top 10 ‘Best Places to Work’ and we were the first ever retirement living specialist to be crowned overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by the WhatHouse? Awards.
Join the Churchill family and be part of an ambitious and successful business who value and appreciate their people. Apply today!
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