Administrative Assistant

Overview

Admin and operational support for frontline teams: travel, invoices, data analysis, stakeholder coordination.

Requirements

• admin support
• driving licence
• microsoft office
• excel
• task management
• data analysis

What You Bring

-Proven experience in an administrative or operational support role. -As there will be national travel involved you will need a driving license and access to your own vehicle -Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with intermediate to advanced skills in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. -Track record of successfully managing at least three competing priorities or tasks within set deadlines. -Proven ability to analyse data, identify issues, and implement practical solutions.

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Benefits

-Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year -Be within a commutable distance of our Preston office. -A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% -Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more. -Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell leave -Pension with matched contributions up to 7% -Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly -Training and development

About Places For People

-Evolved into a powerhouse of placemaking. -Built momentum across the UK by owning or managing properties and running leisure venues. -Fuelled by bond-raising and partnerships, including a 2024 SDR merger. -Handle regeneration, development, care, and investment. -Reinvest earnings into communities. -Signature projects include affordable housing, shared-ownership schemes, and town-center regeneration. -Multi-brand structure spans over 20 subsidiaries, enabling holistic delivery from homes to leisure. -Pledged pipelines of tens of thousands of new homes and tap institutional funding to scale regeneration. -Unusually, they are a social enterprise that issues corporate bonds and provides mortgages and leisure services. -Couple commercial muscle with community-first storytelling: regenerating places by layering homes, leisure, infrastructure, and support.

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Security Clearance

-pre-employment checks including disclosure and barring service (dbs) checks where applicable.