Office Support Assistant

Requisition Number: 2066

Position Title: Office Support Assistant II

External Description:

SUMMARY:  The Office Support Assistant will be responsible for providing administrative and facilities management support for both office and home based staff, where applicable.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring incoming calls are received and re-directed appropriately
• Welcoming visitors; including organizing refreshments and food as needed
• To ensure all outgoing shipments are prepared and dispatched as required; including training others as necessary
• Manage ordering of bulk office supplies; monitoring and replenishing stocks.
• Ensure the office and equipment is maintained in good order, ensuring general cleaning has been carried out satisfactorily
• To support the organization in the provision of high level back office services using MS office.
• Support local office or depot moves as and when necessary, acting as host and security whilst contractors are working in the office.
• Providing a high level of customer service administrative support to the office & home based employees as requested, ensuring confidential and sensitive matters are handled in a discreet and appropriate manner.
• Coordinating travel arrangements, itineraries, visa’s. ESTAs, Taxi’s restaurant bookings etc. when requested
• Assisting with expense processing as requested
• Working on various other projects as needed; updating manager on status of projects

 

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet
• Experience in operating office machinery – fax, photocopier, scanner and shredder
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Good time management skills
• Know when to make independent decisions or seek supervisory approval
• Willingness to adapt to new procedural requirements

 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prefer 2-4 years office/business experience working in a support role
• Good standard of written and spoken English
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple projects simultaneously; flexible and able to use sound independent judgment and take initiative to assess information within established procedures.
• Ability to interact in a diplomatic and professional manner, with clients, visitors and staff as required
• Ability to anticipate needs and follow through on all assigned tasks a must
• Conscientious with a professional approach to work
• Promotion to the next level is not automatic based on years of experience. Personnel are evaluated on proven competency, level of responsibility, and ability to work independently

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City:

State: Nottinghamshire

Employment Type: Fixed Term

Community / Marketing Title: Office Support Assistant

Company Profile:

We’re a global, mid-size CRO that pushes boundaries, innovates and invents — because the path to a cure for the world’s most persist diseases is not paved by those who play it safe, but by those who take pioneering, creative approaches, and implement them with quality and excellence. We are experts, bright thinkers, dreamers and doers and, together, we are changing the way the world experiences CROs, in the best possible way.

Location_formattedLocationLong: Nottingham, GB

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