Administration Assistant - Leeds, United Kingdom - Northern Gas Networks

Northern Gas Networks
Northern Gas Networks
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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Administration Assistant

Starting salary from £26,029

Up to 5% bonus

18 month fixed term contract 40 hours a week

Located at Thorpe Park, Leeds
Northern Gas Networks have an exciting opportunity for an
Administration Assistant based at our offices in Thorpe Park, Leeds. You will be working alongside our Project Management Office (PMO) supporting the GD3 project.


You will facilitate high quality administrative support to the GD3 PMO and work closely with the wider business and assist with general queries and requests as well as other varied administrative duties.

This role will see you delivering a first-class service working with internal and external stakeholders, so communication skills are essential


Your Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to

  • Work in the Strategic Planning team to support the effective delivery of the GD3 programme of work
  • Update and track the plan and road map for the programme of work, identify and track dependencies, risks and issues
  • Arrange meetings and workshops for the workstream leads
  • Collate and track outputs and actions from workshops and project meetings to support delivery, e.g. stand ups, team retrospectives and workstream planning meetings
  • Track and store evidence to support the governance process
  • Support with purchasing requests, ensuring compliance with NGN policies
  • Programme reporting, lead the collation of the combined workstream weekly status update deck and undertake 1st review
  • Production of communication documents to support the PMO alongside managing the SharePoint site and directory structure
  • All of the above will be alongside general team administration duties

What we are Looking for

  • You will be expected to have a strong background in a fast paced office environment
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal & written
  • Strong IT skills including Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and work to deadlines
  • Attention to detail and focus on quality is essential
  • Be a team player with a 'can do' attitude

What we Offer You

  • A competitive salary of £26,029.00 per annum
  • 18 month fixed term contract 40 hours per week
  • Up to 5% bonus (dependent upon achievement of set targets)
  • 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
  • SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
  • A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
  • Free onsite parking
  • Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience exclusive NGN discounts and much more
  • An array of fantastic family
- friendly policies such as 6 weeks' paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more.

We are...


Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire.

That's around 6.7million individual customers.

We don't generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes.

In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again.

We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Our
Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We areTrailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy


Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our 'Opportunity Action Plan' having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a 'force for good' in the communities that we serve.
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