Project Assistant

Just Recruitment is supporting a tech focused and vibrant organisation, based on the outskirts of Witham - they are looking to add a Project Assistant to their long standing team.

This role is varied, and you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, spanning multiple sectors from food to finance and everything in between. You will follow the full lifecycle of all projects through planning, content, design and build to testing and release. You will also work with multiple teams across the company to ensure the project runs smoothly and hits deadlines. Reporting directly to the department head and project manager this role offers exposure to multiple areas of the development process.

Key duties include:

1. Support the Technical Director with diary management, expenses, and the day-to-day running of the team
2. Manage all aspects of the projects in your care, including taking meeting minutes and liaising with stakeholders and various departments in the company
3. Manage website projects, including logging work, creating documentation, raising potential issues, and managing the project through the department
4. Ensure all work is recorded on our project management software, Jira and Confluence
5. Ensure a consistent quality of work coming in and out of the department
6. Create weekly reports
7. Assist with content creation
8. Assist with department accounting and expenses
9. Assist with the creation and publishing of email marketing
10. Complete research tasks
11. Software testing
12. Cross-department training

Candidate requirements:

1. Minimum 2 year experience in an office environment
2. Excellent organisational skills
3. Excellent communication, both verbally and via email
4. High level of English
5. Good knowledge of MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
6. Ability to multi-task and work to deadlines
7. Be efficient and proactive

Offering a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday off.

Package includes private healthcare, following successful completion of the probation period.

This role is being offered on a hybrid basis, Tuesday and Wednesday in the office, Monday, Thursday and Friday working from home. Other days in the office may be required for company meetings.