Administration Assistant

**About Crowe**

Crowe is a leading national audit, tax, advisory and risk firm with global reach and local expertise. We are an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks in the world, with access to more than 40,000 people in more than 150 countries and across more than 700 offices globally.

We pride ourselves on looking after our people, whether you’re working in corporate tax, statutory audit or you’re a marketing or HR specialist - at Crowe we invest in our people to help them be the best they can be.

We understand that it is often the culture and values of a firm that are most important when looking for a new workplace. That’s why, at Crowe, our people-focused culture means we value new ideas and innovation, and welcome people who are committed to making a difference by delivering excellent services to our people, clients and communities.

Administration Assistant, Thames Valley

The position is full-time and will be based in the Thames Valley office.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Office and team support
- Supporting Managers in all departments with a variety of office administration tasks including; filing, printing, scanning and photocopying, organising incoming / outgoing post, data inputting, etc.
- Management and organisation of office supplies and associated inventory lists
- Keeping internal records and files accurate and up-to-date
- Organising appointments and updating diaries
- Events
- Administration of all event related activity: finding and booking venues, acting as the RSVP contact on invitations, responding to external and internal event enquiries in a professional timely manner, maintaining guest lists and keeping internal stakeholders regularly updated on RSVP progress, liaising with speakers
- Assisting in preparing event material: support with slides, delegate lists, delegate packs, badges etc
- Onsite-offsite set up and event coordination - this may require some working out of core hours
- Creates event feedback reports
- Co-ordinates attendance of external events - booking/administration of networking events and tracking attendance on CRM
- Taxi bookings for attendees.
- CRM/database administration
- updates contacts and marketing lists
- event invitation mailings, support with publication mailings using Concep.
- Marketing/promotional material
- supports the development of marketing material (invitations, adverts, alerts, Powerpoint presentations)
- organises ordering of Crowe promotional items.
- Any other ad hoc event and administration support required by marketing and office departments.

Essential skills and qualities
- Good command of English.
- Good communication skills - both written and oral.
- IT literate - good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Good attention to detail.
- Delivery focussed.
- Confident and articulate.
- Approachable.
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
- Flexible - must be willing to work outside of normal core hours (i.e. breakfast and evening events).
- A ‘can do’ approach.

Other
- Ideally, the job holder will have a full driving licence and have the use of a car (required for attending Crowe and external events).

**Why choose Crowe?**

Crowe is where talented people can realise their potential, are successful and enjoy what they do by making a positive difference to our clients, communities and each other.

Our vision is to be recognised as essential to the future success of our clients by helping them to answer tomorrow’s questions, and make smart decisions that have lasting value through the highest quality audit, tax, advisory and risk services.

We offer you an opportunity to continue your career and work for a firm that offers stability and knowledge. In addition, you can work alongside experienced professionals who put the client at the heart of everything they do.

At Crowe, you will find the expertise, the resources and, above all, the commitment to help you build a satisfying and rewarding career. In return we can offer you continued career development, highly competitive salaries and flexible benefits. Plus, an opportunity to work for a firm that truly values its people.

Crowe is committed to equal opportunity and diversity in recruitment and employment. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation and believe that diversity and inclusivity are key drivers of effectiveness and in providing our clients with a quality service.

We want to create the best environment for our staff to thrive. We recognise the importance of offering a flexible approach to our working environment and we would be happy to discuss with you further.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person