Administrator (Pictures)
Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago
It’s supporting the team to interpret and present a fascinating history. It's feeling inspired to deliver to the highest standards. And it's sharing one of the world's greatest art collections. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so special.
The Royal Collection is one of the largest and most important art collections in the world and is spread among royal residences and former residences across the UK, as well as being shown at The Kings Galleries and in loans to museums and galleries around the World.
The Pictures branch is responsible for all the paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, photographs, miniatures and fans in the Royal Collection. Based at Windsor Castle, you’ll provide administrative support to conservators and curators in the Paintings and Paper Conservation Studios, the Prints and Drawings collection, and the Photograph collection.
Key Responsibilities
- Working at the heart of these teams, you’ll be responsible for managing a wide range of administrative tasks to ensure their smooth daily running.
- As a key point of contact, you'll be relied upon as a source of information, liaising with and helping colleagues across the organisation and beyond.
- Arranging transport for works of art and travel arrangements for colleagues, coordinating contractors, and supporting Health and Safety and property management – you’ll build relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Organising and assisting with individual and group visits to the studios, study rooms and other areas, you’ll help promote the work of the teams.
- Working with colleagues, you’ll monitor budgets and expenditure and ensure timely IR35 checks and contractor payments
Essential Criteria
- An experienced administrator having already worked in a busy office setting.
- Digitally fluent, you’ll have accurate keyboard skills, a good working knowledge of the MS Office suite and can pick up new systems quickly.
- Pro-active and with lots of initiative, you'll be confident juggling a varied workload to balance priorities and deadlines.
- With excellent communication skills, you'll be confident liaising and building relationships with a wide range of people.
- At your best working as part of a team, you’ll have a flexible ‘can-do’ approach.
- With an eye for detail and good written skills, you can produce correspondence and reports in a variety of formats.
We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.
Enjoy 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 30 days dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.
