At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide essential admin support for marketing and partnerships in a dynamic publishing environment.
- Company: Join a reputable, employee-owned academic publishing company with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, medical insurance, and a share of company profits.
- Other info: Flexible Fridays and opportunities for involvement in company committees.
- Why this job: Gain valuable experience while contributing to exciting projects and campaigns.
- Qualifications: Organised, proactive individuals with strong communication skills and attention to detail.
The predicted salary is between 28274 - 34558 £ per year.
Contract Type: Permanent
Starting Salary: £24,000
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday–Friday)
Responsible to: Business Operations Manager
Location: Bridge Farm Business Park, Top Street, Martlesham, IP12 4RB
Job Purpose: Provide administrative support to ensure the smooth delivery of marketing, partnership, and business services activities. This position provides essential support across marketing, partnerships, and business services, helping to ensure the smooth delivery of campaigns, office coordination, and day-to-day administrative processes.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Conference Support
- Support delivery of conference activity and promotion activity at external events.
- Deliver campaign logistics, materials, and checklists to agreed timelines.
- Process event stock, returns, and sales within defined timeframes.
- Author and Customer Relationship Support
- Coordinate review copy activity and handle general author support queries.
- Respond to or allocate all inbox queries within 24 hours.
- Maintain accurate mailing lists and fulfil review copy requests on time.
- Partnership Support & Coordination
- Preparing and coordinating partner communications, campaigns, and information packs.
- Carrying out desk research to support partnership outreach.
- Business Services & Office Coordination
- Own core office administration processes to ensure the smooth running of the working environment.
- Complete weekly office admin tasks including post, supplies, facilities coordination.
- Maintain Health & Safety and compliance records.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in an office or administrative role.
- Previous work experience demonstrating reliability, teamwork, computer literacy and attention to detail, not necessarily in publishing.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload independently.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proactive, flexible and solutions-focused approach.
- Strong attention to detail and administrative accuracy.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
Key Behaviours
- Communication: listens effectively and communicates clearly with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Flexibility: adapts to changing priorities and supports a range of activities.
- Team orientation: contributes positively to shared goals across the organisation.
- Goal orientation: focused on delivering outcomes to agreed timelines.
Why Join Us
- Auto-enrolment Pension scheme.
- 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3 days).
- Medical Insurance.
- Group Life Assurance.
- Dividend share: due to employee-owned status, staff members are entitled to a share of the company’s profits.
- Flexible Fridays: finish at 3pm on a Friday by working an additional two hours earlier in the week.
- Company culture: Employee-owned business, committee involvement possible, local and global events and access to industry resources.
Boydell & Brewer is an advocate for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in the scholarly press community.
Administrative Assistant employer: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
Join Boydell & Brewer, a reputable and long-established employee-owned academic publishing company located in the vibrant Bridge Farm Business Park. As an Administrative Assistant, you'll enjoy a supportive work culture that values teamwork and flexibility, alongside benefits like 25 days of paid holiday, medical insurance, and a share in the company's profits. This role offers a unique opportunity for personal and professional growth within a diverse and inclusive environment, making it an excellent choice for those seeking meaningful employment.
