Our client, a leading local engineering company based in Tewkesbury, is looking for a Trainee Office Administrator to join their team.

This is a newly created Trainee Office Administrator role which will suit you if you already have some experience of working as an office administrator and you're looking to develop your skills, or if you already have some basic office administration skills and you're looking to begin your professional office administration career with a growing, reputable company where very good training opportunities will be made available for your development.
 
Job title: Trainee Office Administrator
Location: Tewkesbury
Working hours: 39 hour working week, day shift, finishing at lunch time on Fridays.
Pay rate: We're looking to pay between £25,800 and £27,500 depending on experience.
Benefits: Competitive salary, 24 days holiday (holiday allowance increases with length of service) + all bank holidays, pension contributions, life insurance policy, Christmas shut down, Christmas bonus, free on-site parking, clean, bright and modern facilities.
Contract type: permanent
Commutable from: Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Twinning, Bishops Cleeve, Evesham and surrounding areas

Your day to day duties as Trainee Office Administrator will cover a range of duties:
Assisting with general administrative duties including:

filing;
data entry;
photocopying;
maintaining stationery supplies and
managing correspondence. 
Providing support within the team including:

welcoming visitors;
answering the telephone in a friendly and professional manner;
speaking with customers and suppliers and
taking messages. 
This role will give you a good grounding of all round office administrative support functions and your duties are likely to evolve as you gain a greater understanding of how the company office works.
 
A few of the skills we would like you to have:

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and the capability to become proficient
Basic knowledge of email and internet use.
Basic knowledge of office equipment (phone, PC, photocopier, scanner, shredder etc).
Good written and verbal communication skills. 
Your personal qualities:

Good attention to detail, taking pride in your work.
A positive attitude and a team-orientated mindset.
Polite, professional, willing to learn, self-motivated, driven and committed.
A good communicator with a very good telephone manner.
An interest in learning and self-development.
The ability to work as part of a team but also be able to use your own initiative.
The ability to work alongside others.
A proactive approach to dealing with tasks. 
Some of the benefits: 

a great starting salary and benefits package;
company bonus scheme and Christmas bonus;
lots of free parking always available
all the equipment you need to do your best work
modern, clean, well organised facilities;
a friendly, welcoming team atmosphere and very knowledgeable and supportive management style;
generous holiday entitlement rising with length of service, plus all bank holidays paid, Christmas shut down;
life cover and
all uniform and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) paid for by the company.
Please get in touch for a complete benefits package 
To apply for this Trainee Office Administrator position
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If you'd like to be considered as a candidate for this vacancy or if you'd just like to find out more, please do use the 'apply now' button on this advert to send in your CV or get in touch directly with me, Tom Andrews, by email on (url removed) tandrews (at) meridianbs (dot) co (dot) uk or by calling (phone number removed)

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