Office Administrator
Location: Manchester City Centre (Full-Time, Permanent)
Salary: Up to £23,000 per annum (DOE)

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a driven and proactive candidate to join a boutique, award-winning real estate firm as an Office Administrator. You will be joining a thriving and forward-thinking business at their exceptional offices in the heart of Manchester City Centre.

This dynamic role will see you working closely with the Office Manager and Executive Assistant to provide business support to a friendly and hard-working team.

This role is ideal for someone who is personable, organised, and professional. It offers excellent progression opportunities and is perfect for someone looking to start their career in business support within a truly people-focused organisation.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing client hospitality, including welcoming and serving drinks.
• Answering the telephone and passing on queries to relevant teams.
• Managing the private meeting/café space, including stock levels, cleaning, and preparing the meeting space for bookings.
• Booking travel and hotels, arranging training courses for staff, and helping organise internal social events.
• Providing office support, including printing, binding, sending meeting details, and producing letters and reports.
• Assisting staff with IT issues by liaising with the external IT company.
• Handling the back-end of the company website by adding new properties, blogs, staff members, and updating details.
• General upkeep of the office, ensuring clean communal areas, stocked cupboards, and ready meeting rooms.
• Updating contact details and exporting information in the company database.
• Ordering and negotiating charges for equipment, stationery, and cleaning suppliers.
• Maintaining petty cash and company card receipts on a spreadsheet.

Skills and experience:

• Confident in answering the telephone and meeting clients face-to-face.
• Personable and approachable.
• Trustworthy, reliable, and hard-working with good time management.
• Willingness to help the wider team consistently.
• Previous admin experience beneficial but not essential.
• Minimum GCSE grade C in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Hospitality or client-facing experience is advantageous.

Benefits:

• Free gym membership.
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays, plus additional holidays during the Christmas period shutdown.
• Access to an employee wellbeing platform.
• Daily breakfast, tea, and coffee.
• Reduced working hours on Fridays.
• Enhanced employee pension scheme.
• Discretionary annual bonus structure.
  

Lily Shippen is a leading business and executive support recruitment agency in the UK. We specialise in placing exceptional talent into roles such as Office Administrators, Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants, Private PAs, and Office Managers.

Our expertise spans a variety of industries, including real estate, professional services, finance, creative, and more. We offer tailored recruitment solutions for temporary, permanent, and fixed-term contract roles across the UK, including Manchester, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Bristol, as well as remote and international opportunities.

Whether you're looking for an Office Administrator to keep your team organised, a PA to manage operations, or an EA to provide high-level support, Lily Shippen connects businesses with skilled professionals to drive success.