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What you'll do

• Be the central point of contact for all office-related matters, ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations
• Manage and maintain office supplies, equipment and facilities, anticipating and addressing any needs or issues that may arise
• Organise and schedule meetings, appointments and events, coordinating with team members and external stakeholders as necessary
• Assist with recruitment processes, including monitoring job vacancies, scheduling interviews and onboarding new employees
• Maintain and update employee records, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality
• Support the team with administrative tasks, including data entry, filing and document preparation
• Prepare and distribute internal communications, ensuring all team members are informed and updated
• Coordinate travel arrangements and accommodation for team members as required
• Help foster a positive and inclusive work environment by organising team-building activities and celebrations
• Continuously improve office procedures and implement efficiency measures to enhance productivity and effectiveness

What you'll need

• Proven experience as an Office Manager or in a similar administrative role
• Excellent organisational and multitasking abilities, with a keen eye for detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact with individuals at all levels
• Proficient in using office software, Google Suite and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other relevant tools
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Friendly and approachable demeanour, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership of tasks and projects
• Familiarity with manufacturing environments is advantageous, but not essential

What we offer

• Equity Option Scheme everyone owns a part of what we're building, when you become an Octopus Energy Group employee, you will be included in our Equity Options Scheme.
• Pension Scheme we'll pay 5%. You can decide what you contribute, starting from 3%
• 30 days holiday (incl bank holidays) we're all grown ups here and we want you to ensure holidays are taken when it suits both yourself and the business. We work hard and so we know you need to play hard as well
• Flexible working we're passionate about a genuine work-life balance here. Need to catch that school nativity or work from home? That's cool and if we can do it we will
• Social events your hard work deserves some down time. We sponsor YeoValley’s summer festival, Valleyfest, every year for our big offsite Summer party (we take our kids too) and we also aim to have 3 parties a year!
• Clothing we dont believe in dressing up or formal clothes to do your best work. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in (subject to reason!) and we will provide safety and other clothing for manufacturing
• For Parents We can arrange access to tax free childcare, as well as maternity and paternity pay. During the lockdown we even created OctoKidsTV!
• Go Your Own Way EV salary sacrifice and cycle to work scheme available
• Tech We want to get the best out of our people and get that everyone is slightly different. Have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it
• Money Coach You may want to think about financial planning. The company has an arrangement with Octopus Money Coach . They offer the opportunity to talk with a professional coach
• Wellbeing Need some calm in your life? We have 'Octopus Headspace Licences' available. We also do Yoga twice a week and offer free eye test vouchers

Why else you'll love it here

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
• Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we we're voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people