Administrative Assistant

**About Us**

Armstrong Watson are a trusted and leading independent Accountancy and Business Advisory firm based in the North of England and Scotland. Our services and advice are all centred around our Quest to support our clients to achieve prosperity, a secure future and peace of mind, which cannot be achieved without the expertise of our dedicated and valued colleagues.

With approximately 700 colleagues situated across 19 offices, our people and our culture are at the heart of what we do. We recognise the unique impact we have on not only our clients, but also our colleagues, and the communities in which we operate. Our success is dependent on every colleague embracing all four of our core values: Honesty, Humanity, Trust and Passion.

**The Role**

Due to continued growth and in line with our aspiration to deliver the best customer service experience to our clients, we are now recruiting for an Administrative Assistant to join our Kendal office.

This is a part time position (exact hours are negotiable) and we are looking for someone to work in the office on a Monday, Tuesday and Friday each week. There will also be additional hours to pick up for holiday cover.

The main elements of this role will include:

- Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail, meeting daily deadlines as required
- Providing reception cover, meeting and greeting clients and making them feel comfortable
- Providing visitors with refreshments pre, during and post meetings
- Answering incoming calls throughout the day
- Database management on a daily basis
- Ensuring that meeting rooms are booked and catered for accordingly, and that rooms are clean and tidy
- Setting up meeting rooms prior to meetings, including providing refreshments and ordering breakfasts / lunches etc
- Booking the visitor's car parking space and updating the Reception electronic and paper diaries accordingly
- Stocktaking of consumables required for the meeting rooms and ordering supplies when required
- Completing any other additional administrative tasks as and when required
- Exemplary communication skills, both written and verbal
- Great timekeeping ability
- Experience of using IT systems, and be competent with using standard Microsoft Packages (Microsoft Teams, Word and Excel etc)
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Previous office / administrative working experience
- A friendly manner when liaising with any colleague / visitor / client and ensuring they are made to feel comfortable when visiting Armstrong Watson premises

**The Benefits**

In return for your hard work helping us shape our future growth and development; we will provide a competitive salary and a positive benefits package which includes:

- Salary Sacrifice Employer Contribution Pension Scheme including Life Cover (4x salary) and Income Protection
- Competitive Annual Leave entitlement up to 26 days, plus Bank Holidays
- Annual Leave Purchase Scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional days annual leave each year
- Smart Working Policy, giving you the ability to balance home and remote working
- Health Shield Cash Plan (cash back on a range of Health benefits and discounts on holidays, fashion and entertainment)
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential support for wellbeing and health)
- Paid flu jabs and eye tests
- Introductory Commission Scheme (financial reward if you refer a new client)
- Employee Referral Scheme (financial reward if you refer new AW colleagues) enabling you to claim up to £2,500 for each referral
- Ongoing access to online training courses and materials
- Paid professional membership fees
- Charity of the Month
- Colleague of the Month
- Subsidised social events throughout the year

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from an award winning employer, you will be given the utmost encouragement and support to develop your career further.

When you're with us... we're with you.