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Date Added: Wed 13/11/2024

Temporary Office Assistant

Reading, UK
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Company: ELLISKNIGHT INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £12.50 - £13.00 per hour

 Join Our Team as an Office Assistant! 

Are you passionate about providing excellent service and driving smooth operations? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail is key? We are looking for a dynamic Office Assistant to join our team! 

This is a temporary role for 2 - 3 months, with opportunity to also go for the permanent position further down the line. 

 What You'll Do:

  • Daily replenishment of kitchens, (snacks 2 days a week), and fill the printer with paper.
  • Empty and fill dishwasher
  • Cleaning of the coffee machine
  • Milk and fruit delivery to be sorted (2 days a week)
  • Daily/ weekly housekeeping checks, rectifying issues where possible and / or escalating to the manager or the building manager
  • Daily/weekly inspections for general tidiness and cleanliness, flushing of the shower to prevent legionella.
  • Monitoring and maintaining stationery and office stock levels, ordering when required
  • Sorting, processing, and distributing all incoming post
  • Collecting and processing of internal and out outgoing post/UPS
  • Placing call-outs to contractors
  • Escorting trade person around
  • Working with Apex for office repairs
  • Maintaining security passes for access control & creating reports via the door iPad entry system, when necessary
  • Re-configuring the meeting rooms, which will entail moving furniture such as tables, chairs, and partitions
  • Receiving visitors, making them welcome and comfortable, offering refreshments (and making these on occasion), informing hosts of their arrival, and giving reminders to hosts, as necessary
  • Co-ordinating the room layout and provision of all necessary crockery, cutlery and drinks, etc if needed to be placed in meeting rooms
  • Maintaining the appearance of the meeting rooms, especially after meetings, and ensuring crockery and cutlery are placed in the dishwasher for future use.
  • Accepting and managing bookings for meeting rooms, maintaining the electronic booking system and wall iPads.
  • Distribution of all Reception deliveries to the intended associate.
  • Purchase of sandwiches/fruit for lunches in the meeting rooms.
  • Liaising with travel companies to arrange travel and local hotels to arrange accommodation for overseas associates
  • Booking Taxis with local taxi company
  • Booking Train tickets via a travel company or online
  • Uploading all details to associates' calendars
  • Booking in and out of the pool car
  • Booking car charging stations for associates
  • Any other ad-hoc Duties

 What You Bring:

  • Experience: previous experience in an Office/Facilities Assistant role 
  • Skills: Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks
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