Administration Assistant

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An opportunity for an experienced Administration Assistant to join our Delivery team is available. Based at either our Chester or Bangor, North Wales office this is a hands-on role where you’ll be offered exposure to many different areas of our business and will hold the responsibility for general administrative support to the Operations Director including diary management, arranging meetings, and preparing information for presentations and meeting as required.The Administration Assistant will have set tasks that they will be responsible for, however no two days will be the same, and you could be involved in anything from preparing documentation for meetings, collating, and preparing data in line with reporting cycles, maintaining accurate records and booking or preparing meeting rooms for internal and external meetings.The role will require travel to both the Bangor and Chester office and offers the flexibility to working from home at times.About YouThis is a varied role encompassing a broad range of administrative tasks. You’ll be working as part of a small yet constantly growing team where you’ll be sharing learning and good practice with colleagues to drive continuous improvement so strong communications skills (written and verbal) are essential. You will need to be an excellent team player and flexible to the needs of the business with a high level of IT literacy. It’s important that you have the drive to succeed and finish tasks and can adapt your communication style dependant on the audience.Candidates need to be able to use the MS suite (word, excel, PowerPoint etc.) and be comfortable using in-house / bespoke IT systems.What We Can Offer YouWatkin Jones’ success to date has been based on our emphasis on building relationships of trust, our customer focus, and our forward-thinking structure. Our intention is to create the future of living, which to us means high quality rental homes, community focus and sustainably driven development.We have an in-house Learning & Development team to support you with personal and professional development including vocational qualifications, as well as, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing after 2 years’ service by 1 day up to a max of 29 days per annum), discretionary bonus, a healthcare cash plan, discounted gym memberships, exclusive shopping discounts and a contributory pension scheme.About UsWatkin Jones Group is the UK’s leading developer, builder, and manager of residential for rent homes, with 52,000+ homes developed and in-build across 135 schemes. Our operating arm, Fresh, manages over 20,000 units across 64 schemes, reflecting approximately £1.7bn of assets under management, giving us unique and unrivalled insight into what tenants and investors desire.Our company was established in 1791 and has been building homes since 1927. More recently, we listed on the AIM market in 2016 with a market cap of £255m (current market cap c. £550m). In FY2022 we generated gross revenue of £407m and a Gross Profit of £67m. Our position in the market is based on a ‘capital light’ model, where we typically work with institutional forward funders.