Secretary

Description:

We are proud to be a leading independent UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. We aim to continue our growth by recruiting talented and committed individuals that have the desire to learn and develop. We strive to employ staff who share our values and can bring special skills - enhancing the service that we provide to our clients.

At Barnett Waddingham, we are currently recruiting a new opportunity for a Secretary to join the Secretarial and Operations business area in our London office. The purpose of this role is to provide key and fundamental Secretarial central services in our local office and to support other secretarial services roles or projects.

The successful Secretary will hit the ground running, have Customer Services experience and have previously worked in an office environment. 

Responsibilities

Processing post, scanning of documents and distribution to relevant people or teams. 

Claiming and processing Secretarial service requests from our Secretarial TickIT system. This will include;

Arranging couriers

Travel and accommodation bookings for employees

Creating purchase orders

Document processing

Billing requests

Monthly Expenses Reconciliation for Secretarial Management Team and other colleagues as required.

Stationery stock control and ordering for the Local office.

Secretarial Team Meeting arrangements; booking/calendar invites, agenda preparation, minute taking.

Secretarial support to Secretarial Team/Additional Project Work.

Support, Implement and Maintain Information Security procedures and activities in accordance to Barnett Waddingham’s Information Security Policy.

Qualifications/Experience

Experience of previous Secretarial or administration roles.

Experience of working in professional services environment.

Confident user in Microsoft packages; Outlook email and calendar, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Previous experience in Billing and Expenses Reconciliation (preferred, not essential).

Maths and English GCSE.  

Benefits Summary

Competitive discretionary annual bonus.

Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading.

A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment.

Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience.

A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.

 Accessibility

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition, or individual need, which you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you a fair opportunity to showcase your skills