Administrative Assistant - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Ringway Jacobs
Description
Administrative Assistant
Contract: Essex Highways
Location: Chelmsford
Contract Type: Permanent
Ringway Jacobs seeks a dynamic individual to join our Structures team as an Administrative Assistant in Chelmsford. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the Structures Project Management Team, ensuring the seamless execution of projects with meticulous financial and budgetary oversight.
In this position, effective written and verbal communication skills are paramount. The successful candidate will be instrumental in crafting public communications, facilitating internal coordination, and contributing to the overall success of our projects. Join us in making a positive impact through your administrative prowess and dedication to excellence.
The Role
•Assist the Project Management team with the delivery of structures task orders.
•Assist with the resource schedule and team workload.
•Assist in the control of project resource costings.
•Update project programmes.
•Assist the Project Management Team to ensure the relevant KPIs are met though monitoring and reporting.
•Maintain project documentation, filing, attend meetings and take notes as applicable
About You
•Ideally hold either Foundation APM or equivalent qualification, or reasonable experience in an Assistant role with an understanding of Project Management.
•A reasonable level of administration experience.
•Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
•Ability to prioritise own work to support business priorities. Manages own performance and seeks feedback to improve where identified.
•Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally.
Benefits
At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That's why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.
Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.
In return for your hard work you will receive:
- Sick Pay
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
- A variety of discounts through our "RJ Rewards" app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
The Company
We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.
Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.