office manager Leeds, England
Job description
HBD is one of the most active developers in the UK, with a commercial development pipeline in excess of £1.25 billion. We now have an exciting opportunity for an Office Manager to join our team in Leeds on a fixed-term basis.
This is a part-time position; the successful candidate would be required to work 25 hours per week.
HBD is part of the Henry Boot Group of Companies and operates nationally from six regional offices. Whilst our projects are diverse, they each reflect our ethos of creating places with purpose. Our people are the key to our ongoing success, and our collaborative approach ensures we continually deliver and manage high-quality, sustainable projects.
The Role
The Office Manager is responsible for managing the smooth and efficient running of the office whilst providing support to the Director and other regional colleagues.
Key Responsibilities:
- The first point of contact for visitors and telephone enquiries;
- Organise and manage team diaries, including the arrangement of travel and accommodation;
- Plan corporate entertaining events;
- Research and arrange regional CSR activities;
- Process expense claims;
- Process and circulate documentation;
- Distribute and process incoming and outgoing mail;
- Maintain records and manage databases & systems
- Overall responsibility for day-to-day office management;
Our Offer
We believe that we have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you both inside and outside of work:
We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
We will provide you with a car allowance and access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
We protect your loved ones by providing a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our AVIVA Digital GP app;
We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
We give you 24 days annual leave, some of which are fixed at Christmas, with the ability to buy additional leave;
We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent, however you become a parent;
We support your career aspirations, and we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
About Us
One of the most progressive property companies in the country, HBD directly undertakes a broad range of projects throughout the UK. We continue to deliver and manage high-quality, sustainable projects from our seven regional offices (Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester), with a commercial development pipeline in excess of £1.25 billion.
We’re part of the Henry Boot Group of Companies. We’ve defined what makes working with us so special in our unique initiative, the ‘Henry Boot Way’. This influences our culture and how we do things, and most importantly, strengthens the relationship between employer and employee.
Equality and Diversity
Since 1886 our business has always put our people first, so we’re totally committed to offer equal opportunity to every individual who joins us.
Due to GDPR, we cannot accept applications from agencies that have not been instructed to act on our behalf.
The Henry Boot Group of Companies reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
