Office Administrator and Pa

**Office Administrator and PA**

1 Elmwood, Crockford Lane, Chineham Park
Basingstoke, RG24 8WG
United Kingdom

**Application Closing Date**: Sunday 7th August

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

Due to continuing growth and development of Merlin’s attractions and brands on a global scale, we are looking for an **Office Administrator and PA** on a full time basis located at our The Merlin Hub - Basingstoke office.

**About the Role**

Reporting into the Global FHub Director, you will be the key support for the Finance Hub and Group Finance teams in providing a variety of administrative processes, acting as an integral part of the team ensuring that everything in the department runs smoothly.

No two days will be the same and to thrive in this role you will need to be someone who can work flexibly and love to make things happen with energy and enthusiasm.

You will be involved in a variety of tasks that will include general office administrative processes, arranging meetings, booking travel, social committee organisation work and personal assistant work to both the Finance Hub Director and the Group Finance Director.

**About You...**
- Demonstrable experience of working within a fast-paced office environment as an Administrator/PA or similar.
- Intermediate Excel and strong Outlook and PowerPoint skills.
- Appetite to learn and understand administrative requirements within a large operational team.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to build effective working relationships with the teams and PA’s across the Group.
- Negotiation skills required to gain adherence to deadlines.
- Technical capability to learn relevant systems and programs, including key support systems.
- Attention to detail to ensure information presented to senior stakeholders is accurate and reliable to be used to support decisions.
- Time management skills, with methodical and organised approach to tasks.
- Ability to work proactively and independently and in a group setting.
- Able to identify risks and escalate as appropriate.
- Understands the importance of confidentiality.

**The Benefits**

We’re growing fast and alongside a fun and friendly environment, we offer a fabulous package and amazing prospects - ideal if you’re already fantastic and can quickly become even better (our magic can help here). Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, discretionary company bonus, 20 days’ holiday (increasing to 22 days after the first year, and so on up to 25 days) and, of course, a Merlin Magic Pass which gives you and your friends and family free admission to all of our attractions worldwide, as well as 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants and 40% discount on LEGO.

**Everyone Matters at Merlin**

At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters
Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we'll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry.

**Returning to work**

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