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Here at Edinburgh Woollen Mill, we are looking for an Administrative Assistant to join our team providing administrative and secretarial support to the Company Secretary, based in our Head Office in Carlisle.
In this role you will be part of the Corporate Administration Department which is responsible for providing service, guidance and support in the key areas of insurance, claims management, pensions, health & safety and legal compliance for a number of separate companies.
If you enjoy a changing work-load and have strong ability to prioritise a number of different tasks at the one time we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities:
- Assist the Company Secretary with all administration and secretarial tasks
- Minute taking of meetings
- Recurring day to day responsibilities
- Assist with any project work from time to time
- Building Management tasks such as reporting repairs, liaising with contractors, testing alarms and emergency lighting.
- Daily contact with stores and other managers to gather information or provide support.
What we are looking for?
- Must have fundamentally strong secretarial, clerical, word processing, database and spreadsheet skills - accuracy rather than speed is important.
- The ability to record meetings and experience with minute taking will be an advantage.
- Someone who enjoys working in a close team, but also able to work independently and engage their own initiative.
- A full driving licence is useful but not essential.
- Health and Safety training would be an advantage
- Involvement in pensions would be beneficial, particularly automatic enrolment
- A great telephone manner is essential, ability to be polite and patient on the telephone in potentially frustrating situations.
Training in the key areas will be given but the successful candidate will have to prove literacy, numeracy and integrity.
A keyboard/software skills test will be part of the interview process.
If you are interested in the above or would like to find out more, please reach out today!
