Business Administrator
Operating Company: Berkeley Homes Capital
Application Reference Number: BHCAPBAWat
Level: 3
Entry Requirements: Level 2 qualifications or 5 GCSES including maths and English grade 4/C and above
Location: Watford
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Starting Salary: £18,500
Application End Date: 26th June 2022
Brief Description:
A fundamental part of business operations. Undertaking a variety of administrative skills.
Person Specification:
- Proactive, self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
- Keen to deliver exceptional customer service
- Credible, and comfortable in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Well-presented and business like
- Punctual and reliable
- Hard-working
- Follows instructions
- Flexible
- Methodical and meticulous
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational, time management and planning skills
- Able to build and maintain good working relationships with suppliers
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, internet and email
- Takes pride in the job
Overview of the Role:
Please note that people working within the business support team on a dedicated development.
- General admin duties for overall office
- Answering the telephone. Dealing with the calls as required
- Greeting visitors
- Offering and making of drinks where required.
- Dealing with mail:
- Incoming: opening, date stamping, sorting and distributing to the relevant person/department.
- Outgoing: enveloping, labelling if necessary, franking, bagging; taking to the post office for posting if required in case of emergencies, large packets or failure of collection.
- Photocopying of all typed material, any relevant enclosures, other paperwork and plans.
- Filing of all day to day paperwork on regular basis.
- Minute Taking
- Typing of all correspondence, sub-contract orders, variation orders and other documents throughout the day as they are passed on.
- Uploading and Downloading to and from file storage systems.
- Checking, keeping and updating of stationery stock levels, ensuring best deals with stationery suppliers.
- Take every possible opportunity to improve your knowledge and development – expand the breadth of your knowledge-base as well as the depth.
Work safely and competently in a site based environment always adhering to Group Health and Safety standards.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To undertake an agreed programme of learning that leads to gaining a recognised qualification as part of an apprenticeship framework/standard.
- To actively participate in your development plan under the supervision of your line manager, sub-contractor management team and the College assessor
- To work under supervision to learn your role. Specifics for each apprenticeship role can be found at the end of the job description.
- To work safely and competently in a site based environment and to always adhere to Group Health and Safety Standards.
- Ensure personal protective equipment (PPE) is used at the appropriate time for each task being undertaken.
- To undertake and take part in other duties, meetings, toolbox talks, supervision, training and events as requested by your manager that aids learning and development for your role.
- To demonstrate compassion and consideration for others, forming mutual trust and professional respect.
- To operate with a ‘one team’ approach demonstrating flexible engagement with internal and external colleagues.
- To operate with consistent effort, overcoming obstacles to achieve a goal.
- To be self-driven with a willingness to learn, adopting a ‘can do’ mentality and work ethic.
- To maintain the Berkeley Homes brand and assist in the delivery of a quality product with minimal build defects leading to positive customer satisfaction at hand-over and beyond.
- To consistently work to a high standard and look for ways to improve current working practices and processes for the benefit of customers and Berkeley Homes.
- Act in accordance with the company Culture and Values of ‘Our Vision’ commitment to being a World Class Business generating long-term value by creating successful, sustainable places where people aspire to live.