Job Application for Office Admin Assistant at Oodle Finance

Nikshepa Technologies; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000

Job description

Office Admin Assistant

• £25,000
• Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday Friday (37.5 hours per week)

• Our perks
• Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
• Health cash plan - via health shield for employees and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc.
• Pension - Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future.
• Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office; you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit.
• Employee discounts - discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops.
• 1 day volunteer day per year - an opportunity to give back to the community each year.
• Mental health care - 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
• Paid sick leave - enhanced company sick pay.
• Enhanced family leave - we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

About Oodle
Our mission is to be the UK's simplest way to find and finance a great value used car. We want to put car buyers back in control and make the car buying experience as simple, straightforward, and joyful as possible as car buyers deserve oodles of car buying confidence!

We are a team of 450 people located in Manchester, Oxford and London. Since 2016, we've supported 10,000s of customers on their car buying journey and know 2025 is shaping up to be another exciting year!

• The Role & Team

Admin Assistant at Oodle Car Finance.
We're looking for an Admin Assistant to join Oodle in our Manchester Office and provide support to the EA team and Office Managers with the smooth running of our three offices (London, Oxford & Manchester).

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include But Not Limited To:

• Event management internally and externally for offsite meetings, liaising with outside providers and organising refreshments and catering.
• Work with other members of the admin team when required to assist with events like Oodle nights, Christmas party, etc.
• Monitoring of birthdays/work anniversaries, ordering cards and presents if the Office Manager is unavailable.
• Provide ad hoc support to EAs and Senior Team when required.
• Shared responsibility with the office manager processing all incoming and outgoing post daily to the Manchester office, ensuring confidentiality where required.
• Help with the organisation of the Office Sainsbury's shop once it has been delivered.
• Organising and providing travel and accommodation support to all Exco.
• Oversee and manage the invoices and approval of expenses for all of Exco.
• Provide holiday cover for the EAs and office managers, including covering minuting when needed.

Essential Requirements For The Role:

• Proficient in MS Office.
• Sociability and strong emotional intelligence.
• The ability to be proactive and prioritise effectively.
• Stakeholder management.
• Attention to detail.
• Minuting experience.

Skills And Qualifications We Ideally Need:

• 5 GCSE's including Maths and English at C grade or above.
• You must be IT literate with experience of using Word and Excel.
• Customer Service skills - you will want to help people, be empathetic, sensitive and have a caring nature.
• Good written, numeracy and oral communication skills plus good attention to detail.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Team Player.
• The ability to make things happen.

Background checks:

• Hiring Process
• Preliminary Interview (30 mins)
• Face to Face Interview (1 hr)

Our Values:

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance, so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodlers mind when making business decisions.

• Embrace being human - empathy and diversity make us stronger.
• Strive for awesome - it's awesome when we do better every day.
• Everyone's a builder - we're in this together and we win as a team.
• Bravely honest - we're honest with ourselves and everyone else.
• Think customer - they're at the heart of everything we do.

To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle, check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.

Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace, and we recognise diversity of experience, thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our Oodlers who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures.

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