Team Administrator

Are you an experienced administrator seeking a new opportunity to work within a small, friendly, and helpful team that offers a supportive working environment and opportunities for professional development?

We have an exciting Team Administrator opportunity at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA). You will provide professional and efficient administration support to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Executive Assistant in line HTA policies and procedures. This role is responsible for supporting the SLT and the business with day-to-day administration tasks including coordinating calendars, scheduling meetings, handling correspondence, taking meeting notes, acting as a point of contact, assisting in report/presentation/document preparation, supporting financial tasks and projects, and providing cover in the absence of the Receptionist.

This opportunity is perfect for someone who is enthusiastic about learning and developing in their role, with aspirations to advance a career within the Executive Team.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

Qualifications, Experience & skills

• Previous proven experience in a similar Administrator role.
• Excellent communication skills including fluent in both written and spoken English; strong written skills are essential.
• Strong administrative, organisational and time management skills IT Literate with demonstrable knowledge of MS Office including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. 
• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
• Previous experience of working in a receptionist role would be an advantage.

Behavioural competencies

• Proactive, positive, can-do attitude and problem-solving approach.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team, support colleagues and promote excellent team spirit.
• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative.
• Always maintains confidentiality and acts with discretion and diplomacy.
• Customer focussed and able to anticipate, understand and respond to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Effectively engage and build productive relationships with colleagues across the organisation and with external stakeholders. 

What we offer in return:

• Varied role with exposure to a broad range of administrative tasks
• Friendly, helpful and supportive culture 
• Experienced manager who will champion your development
• Generous holiday allowance – 30 days holiday 
• Pension auto-enrolment: 4% employee and 5% employer pension contributions as standard, with matched contributions up to 10%.  
• Life Assurance 
• Health Cash Plan 
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Cycle 2 Work & Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
• On-site parking
   

This role is an office-based role, we operate a hybrid working office, with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office based in Chilton, Oxfordshire.

About HTA

The HTA have 1400 members which include garden retailers, growers, landscapers and suppliers to the garden industry. As one of the largest membership organisations, the HTA have run the National Garden Gift scheme since 1962 which provides consumers with a UK-wide scheme encouraging both new and existing gardeners to visit garden centres and retail nurseries. 

The HTA lobby and campaign on behalf of our members within the horticulture industry and provide a range of member services including, business solutions, events, market information and learning & development.  

How to apply

You can view the full job description for this role at the bottom of this page. To apply for the role, please send your covering letter and CV to [email protected].  

Closing date: The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 24 July 2024.  Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously, so we encourage you to apply early to ensure you don’t miss out on this opportunity. 

Our aim is to recruit and retain people with the behaviours that support our mission and who will grow with us and the industry.  We are open and honest in recognising that there is more that the Association can do to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and therefore we welcome applicants from all underrepresented communities within Horticulture, including all ethnic or religious backgrounds, LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities. 

All applicants must have valid references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.