ADMINISTRATOR
Part-time
(10 hours per week)
£5,200 -
£6,200 per annum
Cirencester, Gloucestershire UK
Background
TNSFT – “The New Science of Fixing Things” – is an
international engineering consultancy and training organisation which works
with companies world-wide to improve their technical problem solving skills by
focusing on product performance and reliability. The company has just acquired
an office in Cirencester which will become its administrative centre. To find
out more about us, visit our website at http://tnsft.com/
This
role
We are seeking to appoint a part-time
administrator, working either in the Cirencester Office or from home, to
support our growing business and free up the time of our two directors. The new
post will liaise with the TNSFT’s clients worldwide, make travel arrangements
and book meeting rooms overseas, maintain our website and look for innovative
technical solutions to administrative problems, and provide a comprehensive
administrative and bookkeeping
service for the company.
Main
tasks and responsibilities
The main duties of the post will be to:-
- Reserve
rooms for seminars, often at overseas venues, and make international
travel arrangements
- Administer
the website, including communicating with the web management company,
updating seminar dates, monitoring and reporting on website hits and
downloads and tracking payments
- Manage
contact files and online calendars, and send out mass mailings
- Send
out invoices, and track and chase payments where necessary
- Record
expenditure and pay bills
- Manage
large library of training resources
- Develop
technological solutions to routine administrative tasks
- Provide
general administrative support
Person
Specification
In order to be successful in this role, you will
need to be
- A
confident computer user, who is ready to research and exploit the full
potential of web-based and other online systems to support business
processes. You will need knowledge of MS Word and Excel. Knowledge of
PowerPoint would also be an advantage, although training can be given.
- Confident
in interacting with clients and service providers (eg hotels, conference
venues) worldwide, and especially in the US and Germany. Some knowledge of
spoken German would be an advantage but is not essential.
- Able
to develop simple financial management systems, to maintain accurate
financial records and provide financial management information to the
partners.
- Tenacious
but diplomatic in following-up overdue invoices
- Enthusiastic
about sourcing and implementing technology-based solutions to
administrative problems
- Able
to remain motivated when working alone for long periods, and through peaks
and troughs in workload.
Terms and conditions
The post-holder will be required to work 10 hours
per week, on a pattern to be agreed, for an annual salary of £5,200 -£6,200
depending on skills. This equates to an hourly rate of £10-12 an hour, and
includes the equivalent of 22 days of paid annual leave per annum in addition
to bank holidays. The post-holder can work either from our Cirencester office,
or from home, but will be expected to come into the offices to meet with the
Directors when they are in the UK.
How to apply
To apply for this post, please fill in the
application form, and return it by post or email to our retained consultants
The Moor House Partnership (ref: TNSFT)
Moor House
The Moor
Minety
Malmesbury
SN16 9QW
8 info@moorhousepartnership.co.uk
by Tuesday
12 February 2008.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take
place in Cirencester on Monday 25
February 2008.
For an informal chat about the vacancy, please
contact Catherine Price on 01666
860144.