Your new company

You will be working for a local not-for-profit organisation, based in Preston City Centre.

The company is searching for an Office Administrator within the General Admin team, to assist with the new year January rush. This role will involve directly supporting colleagues and directors within the office and working as part of a team. Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.

Your new role will consist of the following:

Preparing letters from templates
Using plans/registers to find plots and keep registers updated
Updating paperwork with invoice numbers
Filing
Telephone calls
Booking in appointments with the diary/updating calendars


To be successful in securing this position, you should have strong administration skills, an exceptional telephone manner, excellent in Microsoft packages, including Excel, and a great desire to help others. Alongside this, the successful candidate must demonstrate high levels of accuracy, be self-motivated and illustrate your own initiative. Previous experience is essential to really hit the ground running.

It is important to ensure that applicants must have a calm temperament and ability to deal with calls that may be of a sensitive nature with empathy and compassion, respecting confidentiality due to the delicate nature of the service.


In return, you will have the opportunity to join a large, public sector organisation. You will receive weekly pay at an hourly rate between £11.00-£13.00 PAYE. This role is a temporary position for a period of 3 months initially. There will be an opportunity for this to be extended or even made permanent dependent on performance and business needs. You will be working Monday–Friday, 9am-5pm, based in Preston, not far from the train station.

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