Team Assistant
Are you highly organised, proactive and someone who enjoys being at the heart of a busy team?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Dartford, providing day-to-day support while working closely with colleagues and senior professionals across the business. You'll play an important role in keeping things running smoothly, from coordinating meetings and managing priorities to supporting key activities and projects.
It's a varied, fast-paced role where no two days will look quite the same, making it a great opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership, building relationships and delivering high-quality support.
What you'll be doing
- Providing day-to-day administrative and coordination support to a busy team.
- Managing diaries, scheduling meetings and responding to changing priorities.
- Coordinating internal meetings, reviews, workshops and team activities.
- Preparing presentations, reports, agendas and meeting materials.
- Tracking actions and following up on outstanding tasks.
- Coordinating domestic travel, accommodation and itineraries.
- Managing monthly expenses and maintaining accurate records.
- Acting as a professional point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Supporting events, networking activities and wider team initiatives.
- Providing flexible support across the team as priorities and workloads change.
What we're looking for
- Previous experience in a team support, coordinator or assistant role.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Confident written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience coordinating diaries, meetings, travel or events.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
- A proactive approach with the confidence to take ownership.
- The ability to remain calm and organised in a busy environment.
- A professional and discreet approach when handling confidential information.
- Enthusiasm to learn, develop and embrace new technologies and ways of working.
- Positive and communicative, with the ability to build strong relationships.
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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