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Admin Team Leader

Job details
Posting date: 04 July 2025
Salary: £30,000 to £32,000 per year
Additional salary information: Depending on experience
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 July 2025
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow, g2 6hq
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: Search Consultancy LTD
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: Req/667835_1751633473

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Summary

Team Leader - Administration (Fixed-Term Contract until December 2025)

Location: Glasgow City Centre
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm (Hybrid working 2 days in the office after training)

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Admin Team Leader to join our clients back office team on a fixed-term basis until December 2025. This is a key leadership role, responsible for ensuring a reliable and professional administrative service is delivered to clients, investment managers, advisers, and product providers.

As the Admin Team Leader, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Central Team, managing on boarding and servicing processes with a focus on operational excellence, team performance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing admin team, fostering a positive and accountable team culture.

  • Ensure all onboarding and servicing processes are consistently executed to the highest standards, supporting a seamless client experience.

  • Produce and analyse management information (MI), including SLA performance, key performance indicators (KPIs), and key risk indicators (KRIs), for relevant internal committees and stakeholders.

  • Monitor service delivery against agreed SLAs and performance standards, addressing inefficiencies and driving service improvements.

  • Collaborate across departments, influencing timelines and managing expectations to support business goals.

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and customer/user experience (CX/UX).

  • Ensure operational resilience within the team and adherence to all relevant business continuity and compliance policies.

The suitable candidate will have:
  • Proven experience in leading administrative or operational teams in a professional services or financial environment.

  • Strong people management and coaching skills, with a track record of developing high-performing teams.

  • Excellent organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and implement performance improvements.

  • Confident communicator, comfortable negotiating and influencing across different levels of the business.

  • A proactive approach to problem-solving, with a continuous improvement mindset.

  • Knowledge of operational resilience and business continuity best practices is desirable.

If you're a confident team leader with a passion for delivering high-quality service within an admin function, then please apply now or email me on alice.barr@search.co.uk

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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