Office Manager 12 Month Contract

Meridian Business Support are working with our fantastic client within the Public Services sector, they are looking for an Office Manager to join the team on a 12 month Contract based near the Amesbury (Wiltshire) Office.

About the role
You will provide daily oversight to ensure effective support functions through planning, monitoring, and supporting systems and procedures including administration, facilities, health and safety and HR. To work in collaboration with the central team including HR, Finance and CFO.
Duties
Personnel:

• Oversee all personnel matters seeking advice from HR where appropriate
• Oversee management of administrative processes for payroll, starters, leavers, and contract variation ensuring HR/Payroll are informed of changes
• Weekly HR reports prepared for the SLT
• Monthly reports to HR on absence, recruitment and sickness
• Responsible for provision of appropriate staff development for support staff, including annual reviews
• Responsible for compliance and maintaining records
• Undertake with support from HR sickness monitoring meetings

Premises:

• Oversee work of site team and ensure appropriate records are maintained
• Liaison for major capital projects with the CFO
• Line manage site team and ensure rolling programme of repair works ensuring health and safety, plan all work to minimise disruption
• Ensure all statutory regulations are adhered to
• Liaise with the CFO on any service contracts including cleaning & catering

External relations:

• Ensure events are publicised, Marketing and promotions
• Manage day to day procurement process, including securing appropriate service contracts, licences and insurance
• H&S Monitor and implement and review the health and safety policies and procedures.
• Ambitious, Inquisitive and Independent
• Responsible for day-to-day execution of Health and Safety policies
• Ensure staff are appropriately trained
• Responsible for managing risk, risk registers and procedures

About you:

• Excellent personal skills, able to motivate and persuade, liaising with external bodies dealing with sensitive information
• Ability to work constructively as part of a wider team
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to use initiative to respond to and resolve a range of long term problems
• Good IT skills
• Experience of maintaining Health & Safety records and systems and knowledge of H&S legislation
• Experience of implementing new systems including IT would be desirable
• Experience of managing a range of staff over a number of business areas
• Supervision of support staff
• Must be able to pass DBS checks

This is a full time role working Monday to Friday 37 hours a week, offering a £36,500 - £39,500 plus great benefits including 31 days holiday + bank holidays.
Please contact Gemma Lawrence at Meridian on to apply and find out more or email