Business Support Assistant Bristol, England
Job description
Joining our Estates Department in the West you will play your part in helping to support the teams who maintain, repair and improve the historic and iconic buildings English Heritage cares for.
You will be part of a small team providing a high calibre and responsive administration support service to Estates Department. You will facilitate and support your team to ensure they provide excellent technical services in landscape management, building conservation and Mechanical and electrical maintenance of sites across the west from the Isles of Scilly to Stonehenge and all the way north to Chester. Helping support the team with a wide range of different work streams and initiatives. You will have a passion for working with others and enjoy being a part of a busy team. As a confident communicator, you will be comfortable building rapport with Senior Managers, Team Managers, Technical specialists and External Contractors using your organisational skills to provide exceptional service at all times.
There is flexibility around where this role is located and could be based at our Regional office in Bristol, fully at home or a hybrid of the two.
As a natural problem solver you will seek to use your initiative to overcome practical issues that come up as part of working in a busy, but remotely working team. With the ability to follow processes and procedures and take the initiative, you will be able to manage the unexpected as and when it arises.
We would be delighted to hear from you, if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, please contact Jamie Cain, Senior Estates Manager, at [email protected]'
Everyone is welcome at English Heritage and we are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.
We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage. By joining English Heritage, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone's story.
You can find out more about us and what we do here, https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/ here. Meet some of our People and hear about why they enjoy working with us here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/jobs/working-at-historic-places/.
You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.
By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our sites a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year.
Benefits include:
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector;
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you another adult and up to 6 children (under 18 in the family group)
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes;
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years, with the option to buy additional leave
- Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10% which can be paid via salary exchange or salary deduction
- Flexible hours
