Job Description

Brook Street are delighted to be supporting our Public Sector client in there search for a Temporary Facilities Administrator

Details:

Location - Newcastle Upon Tyne. Central and close to St James Park.
Type - Full time
Temporary until April 2025
Hours - Monday to Friday - Opening hours 08:00am to 17;00pm
Full office based
Pay rate - £12.31 (paid weekly)


The Facilities Department provides a highly responsive and proactive service, in a customer oriented environment where teamwork and communication are key to its success. In this role you will be required to undertake administrative duties, which will include:-

• provision of local site services and coordination of a range of external suppliers and contractors
• acting as first point of contact for internal and external contacts including staff, donors members of the public, contractors and suppliers
• opening and sorting post and handling routine correspondence
• data entry ensuring all records are up to date and accurate
• receiving and making telephone calls
• maintaining manual and electronic filing systems
• general office duties for example photocopying and scanning documents

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of dealing with contractors and/or suppliers would be desirable
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems
• Experience in administration, preferably in a service environment

Knowledge and experience of best practice in all aspects of Estates and Facilities Management would be desirable

Please note - Must be able to pass a Basic DBS. Be able to provide sufficient right to work in the UK documentation and provide 3 years of references.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.