Administration Assistant
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.85 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4XX |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Teignbridge 5274611 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Job Title: Administration Assistant
Ref: Teignbridge 5274611
Pay rate: £12.85 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 18.5 Hours per week, Monday to Friday
Role length: Anticipated 3 months
Working Arrangement: Part time, office based but flexible on the working days
The role:
We are seeking an Administration Assistant who will be responsible for undertaking day to day administration functions for their assigned department.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake assigned administrative work and activities through to completion, dealing with problems that arise and changes to requirements or timings, meeting set deadlines
Act as the first point of contact for the department, providing advice and guidance to a developed level, appropriately dealing with callers in person, by telephone and email and ensuring high levels of customer relations.
Answer queries in line with policy or guidelines and direct more complex matters to the appropriate avenues as required
Undertake office-based administration including receiving and despatching post, photocopying, scanning, filing and indexing
Ensure the Council’s policies and procedures are adhered to in terms of internal and external correspondence and complaints received
Undertake IT related functions to update and maintain customer records across a range of services using a number of different systems, processing different applications received by each of the different departments
Operate contact centre technologies and other systems to ensure customer enquiries are handled effectively, are properly recorded and monitored in line with agreed business processes, data management and quality standards
What the client is looking for:
Experience of providing administrative support to a team or company
Demonstrable experience of a customer focused approach to business administration
Excellent IT skills and highly competent in Microsoft Office systems
High standard of written and oral communication
Understanding of data protection principles
How to Apply:
Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application.
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Job Ref: Teignbridge 5274611
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