Our Head office offers an agile office space to provide, a collaborative and modern way of working You will create a positive and friendly environment for both staff and visitors. You will be the first point of contact for our business.
Our Kings Cross Office is a busy, forever-moving workspace for our staff who need to be able to drop in and out as and when they need to. It will host meetings, interviews, courses, team meetings, training, reviews and much more.
About the role:
The purpose of the Office Manager is to help create and manage the Hand Axe Yard environment for our workforce to carry out their roles to the best of their ability. The Office Manager will ensure that Hand Axe Yard remains compliant, maintained and operates to the highest standard as well as providing leadership to our cleaning colleague.
What you will be doing:
About You:
• Thinks creatively and strategically – understands and works toward the ‘big picture’
• Self-aware - takes personal accountability for delivery, acts as cultural ambassador and champion
• Discretion and judgement – demonstrate sound judgement, recognising and responding appropriately to issues and situations requiring confidentiality and professional discretion
• Collaborative– seeks connection with others to arrive at solutions and gain insights through building positive relationships within a multidisciplinary team
• Communicates with impact - respect, mutual understanding, empathy, and confidence
• Flexibility and willingness to work additional hours as per the needs of the role
• Adaptable - handles conflicting priorities in an evolving work environment, keeping calm under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, prioritise workloads, ensure timely delivery of services and the completion of tasks
Skills and Experience
• Strong experience in Office management. Management of multiple products and services and competitive tendering
• Demonstrable translation of business requirements into clear, actionable goals, prioritising workloads to meet deadlines and delivering high-quality outputs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other office tools, with aptitude to learn new software and systems
• Understanding of the legal implications of contractual commitments and governance frameworks
• Confidence and accuracy when dealing with large volumes of complex data and the ability to analyse, summarise and report findings and trends
• Strong degree of commercial acumen
• Effective self-management - applies focus, resourcefulness, autonomy, integrity and discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, at all levels
• Problem solving - confidently identifies and articulates problems, presenting effective solutions and setting clear expectations and defined outcomes for self and others
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