Administrator - CEO Office

QinetiQ

Administrator – CEO Office

Farnborough

The role

We are looking for an experienced Administrator to join us and be a part of a truly exciting, interesting and prominent global business. Working in the corporate head office supporting the EA to the CEO you will play an integral part in day–to–day operations.

The culture is fast paced, open, collaborative, professional and positive. It's an environment where attitude and commitment are everything. This role will provide administrative support to the team as a whole, and will have experience in a similar role and be able to hit the ground running and thrive in a fast, global business which is going through an exciting period of change.

What will I be doing?

Support the delivery of a high quality administrative support service to the CEO Office with limited supervision and guidance and works within clearly defined procedures. Support includes:

• Complex diary management across multiple time zones
• Meeting minutes – accurately transcribing notes and audio recordings
• Global travel and logistics
• Expenses management (experience with Concur is advantageous)
• Booking visitors and meeting rooms
• Document formatting to a high professional standard – capable of release to Executive level and external customers and partners

Act as an ambassador for the CEO office and the wider team, delivering a high standard of customer service communicating with tact and diplomacy at all times, taking accurate messages and passing them on to the appropriate person in a timely manner.

Provide ad–hoc support for the Plc Board of Directors when required

Support the Executive Assistant to CEO on additional projects and tasks where required

Key Competencies:

• Ability to communicate confidently with a range of people
• Ability to work within procedures with limited supervision and guidance
• Good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications including SharePoint
• Good organisational skills with the ability to multi–task
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Proactive with a 'can do' attitude and the desire to go the extra mile

Experience and Qualifications:

• Some experience working in a busy corporate environment

Desirable:

• Demonstrable business administration experience equivalent to NVQ Level 3

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there's never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You'll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you'll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence–based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits. You'll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what's happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more.

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world–centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast–track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.