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Our business is truly special; We are a group of companies operating in the construction, water, civil engineering, property development and facilities management sectors, we employ c970 people. Our reputation is built upon our Chairman’s founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted. Wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.
This is a fantastic, rare, opportunity for an experienced administrator to take their first step into L&D and join our friendly team in delivering a first class people service where you can make a real difference and support the development and growth of our talented people.
What you'll be doing...
Organising a multitude of compliance training
Raising purchase orders and ensuring invoices are paid
Managing training suppliers
Obtaining and uploading certificates into the People system
Liaising with employees and managers
Using the people system to keep records up to date
Ad hoc administration to support the People team
Working as part of a team
What we’re looking for?
Excellent working knowledge of MS Office (Excel and Outlook in particular)
Ability to prioritise and handle large volumes of work
Ability to meet deadlines and work on own initiative
Exceptional organisational skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to provide exceptional customer service
Great attention to detail
Ability to multi task and work at pace
Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across the business
Be a real team player.
Be a self starter able to manage own workload
An experienced administrator
Positive mindset / outlook
Ideally with experience within a training or L&D environment although not essential.
In return we offer…
Enhanced annual leave starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service
Enhanced Paid Family Leave - maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, compassion, bereavement, crisis, emergency dependants, and much more
Pension — 6.5% employer contribution of your salary into your pension to help you save for the future
Onsite Nursery – we have a subsidised nursery on site at Head office
Onsite gym – we have a gym on site at Head Office – free to use
Company Doctor – for when you can’t get to see your own or if you have any health concerns
BUPA - optional scheme and can include your family to the scheme (50% contribution)
Group Income Protection – 50% of your salary covered for 3 years for long term illness
Health Plans – optional, including dental, cash health plans and critical illness
EAP – Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured, supporting you and your family with advice, guidance and counselling on a variety of areas such as health, fitness, home life, finances and much more.
Mental Health support – through the Thrive app , approved by the NHS, provides tools, to tackle, prevent and manage common stressors such as sleep, bereavement, work issues etc. Also provides relaxation, breathing and meditation techniques and measures impact.
Savings scheme – Put aside an affordable amount for a rainy day in the future
Recognition awards – awards for long service and special birthdays
A comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy focussed on physical, emotional, financial and career wellbeing
A wide range of enhanced benefits to support your well-being and work-life balance
Learning and development - we offer a range of learning opportunities to develop talent at all levels within our business focussing on technical competence, upskilling, compliance and governance and career development.
Our Core Values are: Respect | Trust & Integrity | Quality | Talent | Reliability
At Eric Wright Group, our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, who share of values, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.
Department EWG Contract type Full time Hours 37.5 Salary Competitive Benefits Group Income Protection, generous pension scheme, onsite Nursery, free on site Gym, paid family leave and much more!
