Team Assistant
This role does not provide visa sponsorship
Based: London
We're looking for an organised and enthusiastic Team Assistant to join our busy professional services team in Central London. You'll provide both in-person and virtual support to colleagues across the UK, helping the team stay connected, organised and running smoothly.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your administrative career in a supportive and collaborative environment, working closely with senior stakeholders and gaining exposure to a wide range of activities.
We invest in our people and are committed to supporting career development. You'll benefit from regular career conversations, with access to internal/external training opportunities, support to gain professional certifications and qualifications, and opportunities to build new skills throughout your career. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise or take the next step in your professional journey, we'll help you achieve your goals.
What you'll be doing
- Providing flexible day-to-day administrative support across the team.
- Managing diaries, scheduling meetings and coordinating changes.
- Tracking actions and following up on outstanding tasks.
- Maintaining accurate records, documents and reports.
- Preparing and formatting presentations, reports and other business documents.
- Supporting colleagues and senior stakeholders with a professional, customer-focused approach.
What we're looking for
- Previous administrative experience within a professional services environment, ideally gained over approximately two years.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- A professional and discreet approach when handling confidential information.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams, with an interest in learning and using new technologies, including Microsoft Copilot and AI tools.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adapting to changing priorities.
- A proactive, positive attitude with the confidence to ask questions, share ideas and take ownership of tasks.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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