Team Administrator - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

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Salary:
National ranging from £23,400 to £28,000 and London £26,000 to £30,000 per annum
- _Salary offered will be based on skills and experience_

  • Are you interested in joining a team that will help shape and deliver the future of Insurance at the FCA?_
The team/department


The Insurance Directorate supervises all the UK's Retail Commercial and Life insurance providers, from sole director entities to large multi-nationals - working to ensure that these firms do not pose a risk to the FCA's statutory objectives.

We are seeking a highly organised and motivated individual to provide administrative support across the department supervising these firms.


This role involves organising the flow of information received by managers in the department, monitoring and maintaining diaries, booking meetings, organising travel and undertaking tasks that support the working of teams, projects or individuals.

You will have the opportunity to act on your own initiative, anticipating requirements and leading on continuous improvements in the department.

What you will be doing- Providing key day to day support and assistance to the department including diary management, prioritising the daily schedule, managing joiner/mover/leaver IT requirements and resolving ad-hoc issues or queries on behalf of the managers- Working alongside local Head of Department's PAs and the Director's PA to coordinate the division's administrative activities, including ensuring there is adequate administrative cover within the Division, and being a role model and key information contact point- Co-ordinating attendance of external meetings including meeting room bookings, travel, accommodation and expenses

What will you get from the role?


Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle.

You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

  • 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
  • Private healthcare with Bupa
  • A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age
  • up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
  • Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
  • Income protection
  • Excellent opportunity to learn new skills within a different environment within the organisation
  • Chance to engage with a diverse range of internal stakeholders on sensitive projects
  • Potential to engage in wider supervision activity, depending on your workload, level of interest and capability
We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations

The skills and experience you'll have- Proven experience of diary management using Microsoft Outlook- Proven experience managing key administrative tasks using Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint- Written communication skills with a proven attention to detail and accuracy


Essential- Flexibility to adapt & react to changing circumstances, reprioritising as necessary- Ability to work under pressure- Strong organisational, prioritisation & time management skills, with the ability to work in a structured way to a high standard against tight deadlines- Ability to handle staff confidential & sensitive data with a high degree of discretion, maintaining confidentiality at all times- Ability to build good working relationships & networks across the division, the FCA in general and with external suppliers by gaining trust- Strong oral communication skills, in particular an ability to summarise key 'need to know' issues in a timely fashion.

You work well under pressure and use judgement to deal with competing priorities.- Possess the ability to engage professionally with a wide range of senior internal & external stakeholders regarding both general and confidential matters.

About the FCA


The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive.

We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found

here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity


Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences.

We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Flexible working

Multilocation & hybrid working

Useful information- Applications for this role close at midnight on 10th September- This role is graded as Professional Business Support - Corporate

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