Admin Assistant - Building Control - 12Mth Ftc Maternity Cover

Job Title: Admin AssistantBuilding Control12mth FTC Maternity Cover

Location: Birstall, Leeds

Salary: GBP22,000 - GBP24,000 FTE depending on experience

Hours: Part time. Will consider 22.5 - 30 hours.

The Company:

Ask Building Control is an Approved Inspector, with offices in Birstall and Darlington. Ask Building Control was established in 2012 to provide a professional and friendly straight forward approach to ensure projects meet the ever changing demands of the building regulations.

Ask is part of the C80 Group. C80 Group is a fast-growing integrated building consultancy offering services in the building compliance, Building Control, energy assessment and M&E design spaces. We currently consist of four businesses: C80 Solutions, YDBC Building Control, Ask Building Control and Stewarts Building Services Consultancy.

Our fast-paced environment provides plenty of training and progression opportunities for our team members and we pride ourselves on providing a varied, interesting, fun and sociable place to work. We ve been shortlisted for the People Development Award at the Yorkshire & Humber Constructing Excellence Awards two years in a row.

The Role

The company currently has a position available for an Administrator based in Birstall.

Candidates must have a confident and professional telephone manner, have administration experience in Building Control and be fully proficient in all forms of IT.

The Administrator will be the first point of contact to new customers.

Responsibilities

Depending on experience the role will initially include:

• Generating and issuing 28, 60 and 90 day letters to clients via the system and record all responses in the relevant file.
• Generating and submitting Final Certificates to local authorities/clients.
• Chase up quotes via the automated system and record all responses archiving where required.
• Processing fee payments - taking payments by card.
• General admin duties including filing, answering calls and taking messages.

In due course the role will expand to include the following:

• Processing new applications and submitting Initial Notices to local authorities.
• Sending water/fire/structural consultations out and processing the responses to these consultations.
• Generating and submitting Plans Certificates to local authorities/agents/clients.
• Following up on completion inspections/reminding clients of completion information. requirements/time restrictions.
• Submitting extension of time letters / notices of cancellation to local authorities.
• Generating and submitting Final Certificates to local authorities/clients.

Skills and Experience

• Experience working in Building Control is desirable but not essential
• Self-motivated, organised with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Great with people.

What we offer

• Overall, you can accrue up to 33 days holiday (inc. bank holidays).
  - 21 Days Holiday.
  - 8 Bank Holiday Days.
  - Each year you work for the company you will receive 1 extra day holiday added to your entitlement up to a maximum of 4 extra days.
  - On top of this you will also receive a day off for your birthday!
• Christmas shutdown: The company shuts down for the week between Christmas & New Year, this is not deducted from your holiday allowance.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: It is important that you look after yourself and therefore as a company we provide a healthcare cash plan to help look after your wellbeing. You would receive tax free cash back up to a certain amount when you spend money on maintaining your everyday health. This includes dental, optical, hospital stays and so on.
• Employee Assistance Programme: is a 24hour helpline and easy app that can support you with any of life s issues that can have an overall impact on your health. This includes areas such as counselling to legal advice and information.
• Workplace pension: When you join the company, after 3 months you would be auto enrolled into a pension scheme. You can opt out if you wish to do so. We offer a 3% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution..
• Company sick pay: After the successful completion of the probationary period, employees may receive up to 8 weeks Company Sick Pay in any rolling 12-month period.
• Buy and Sell Holiday Policy: Each year you can buy or sell up to 5 days of your holiday entitlement