Office Administrator

7 days ago

Knutsford, United Kingdom The Veterinary Defence Society Full time

**The Veterinary Defence Society are offering a great opportunity to join our Operations Team on Fixed Term Contract as an Office Administrator.**

We’re open on where you can work. All we ask is that you are able to commute to the office on 3 days a week. But if you’d like to come to the office more, then this is fine also. Your office location will be Knutsford.

As our Office Administrator, you will be responsible for:

- Providing both clerical and administrative support to VDS Operations, Marketing and VDS Training.
- Providing office facilities management
- Attending office minimum 3 days per week to deal with post and franking.
- Attending the office as first point of contact for large meetings, interviews, inductions and deliveries.
- Ensuring we have supplies of tea, coffee, kitchen roll, milk, water and biscuits
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure access to the office is available if necessary
- Credit Control on behalf of VDS Training Ltd and VDS Ltd
- Arranging and booking venues for training courses
- Supporting marketing with preparation and co-ordination of exhibitions and congresses
- Liaising with colleagues and external contacts to book travel and accommodation
- Supporting with arranging in-house and external events
- Providing support and assistance to other members of the Operations team as required
- Ensuring reception services are provided and maintained at all times
- Supporting membership with sending leavers and joiners packs, chasing outstanding payments, updating internal systems with contact preferences and renewals.

**What you get back**
- A competitive salary
- Great working team environment
- 10% Non-Contributory Company Pension
- Private Medical Insurance
- Simplyhealth Cashplan
- Life Insurance
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Purchase additional holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Benefits portal with
- health and finance wellbeing advice,
- retail discounts,
- gym discounts
- and much more
- Parking space (if working in the office)

And finally, a great place to have a fulfilling and stimulating career.

**Who are we looking for?**

As the ideal Administrator, you will have:

- Experience in providing administration and clerical duties, ideally in a diverse role
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work well in teams
- Confidence and a good business sense
- Flexibility to adapt and deliver numerous tasks as requested
- A focused and self-motivated approach to work

You will ideally have:

- An understanding of the financial services industry

**About the company**

The Veterinary Defence Society is a mutual insurance company run by experienced veterinary surgeons, which insures the vast majority of the practising veterinary profession against the effects of claims of negligence.

With over 150 years experience, the VDS ensures that cases are handled by veterinary colleagues experienced in claims management, defends reputations and finances against unjustified claims and offers compensation when appropriate.

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