Job Description

Are you an organised, detail-focused person, experienced in business administration? We’re offering an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Performance team on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a busy office environment and can hit the ground running. You’ll play a key part in helping us deliver accurate monthly reports to our clients, supporting meetings, and keeping our systems and trackers up to date.

What You’ll Be Doing Day-to-Day

• Organising meetings & writing meeting notes
• Collecting vital data and statistics from all areas of the business
• Updating monthly reports using PowerPoint and Excel
• Transferring information from internal systems into reporting files
• Assisting the team to keep within agreed timeframes
• Double-checking information to spot errors and flagging them for correction
• Adhoc digital filing and organising documentation
• Keeping trackers up to date with good news, feedback, and actions

Person Specification

Essential:

• Great communicator, confident on the phones and able to speak to stakeholders from all parts of the business
• Confident using Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and willing to learn new systems
• Careful and accurate, with strong attention to detail
• Clear written communication skills for summarising information
• Organised and reliable, with a professional approach
• Trustworthy with sensitive information
• Experience in previous administration roles

Desirable:

• Familiarity with creating meeting minutes/actions
• Interest in highways, operations, performance reporting, H&S, sustainability, or commercial reporting
• Experience using databases or pulling reports (training provided)
• Access to own transport to get to and from the office (public transport can be lengthy)

Benefits

• Access to 24/7 GP Service
• MyMedicash Plan
• Retail Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Reward and Recognition Programme
• Private Pension
• Death in Service Cover
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Free lunch provided by our onsite chef
• Free use of our onsite gym

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a dynamic, independent civil engineering company with 30 years’ experience in every aspect of traditional and contemporary civil engineering work. We have a pool of over 480 multi-skilled, longstanding staff, and our own dedicated in-house Project Managers. Members of our leadership team get involved from day one and are always on-hand to provide exceptional customer care. We are a multi-discipline contractor, specialising in full-service highway and public space maintenance, improvement and construction; delivering services to London Boroughs, Local Authorities and the supply chain.

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Additional Information

Department: Office Support

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Chelmsford - HQ

Workplace type: Onsite

Compensation: £27,976 / year