Office Administrator in Cornwall

Office Administrator Location: Based at our Head Office in Lelant, St Ives Salary: £12.21 per hour Contract: Fixed term contract, approximately 9 months covering maternity leave Holiday: 26 days paid, pro-rata, plus Bank Holidays Hours: Monday to Friday 8.15 am until 4.15 pm (unpaid half hour meal break) making a 37.5 hour week Parking: Free, secure parking on site The Peoples’ Pension: automatic enrolment following a period of up to 13 weeks’ employment H Tempest Ltd is the nation’s largest school photography company with over 500 employees. Our Head Office and Laboratory is based in St Ives, Cornwall and our Photographers are resident throughout the UK. We take photographs of children at playgroups and nurseries, primary and secondary schools and graduates at universities and colleges as well as the Armed Forces and Corporate Photography. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to work within the Directors Offices at Head Office, as Office Administrator, covering maternity leave for the majority of 2026. As our Office Administrator, you will be responsible for: * Providing day-to-day administrative support to our Directors, Area Managers and Photographers across the UK. * Managing recruitment administration for new photographers, including posting job adverts, communicating with candidates, arranging interviews, preparing job offer paperwork. * Handling pre-employment compliance tasks, such as conducting DBS checks, Safeguarding checks and maintaining accurate personnel files. * Working with our Company fleet and supporting drivers with queries. * Supporting general office operations, such as responding to phone and email enquiries, assisting with documentation. As our Office Administrator you must: * Have strong administration skills * Be fully conversant with word and excel * Be confident using Web based Portals * Have a friendly, helpful telephone manner * Be able to work with discretion and in a confidential manner Thanks for reading our advert. If you are excited about the role we’d love to hear from you so click on “APPLY” today and send us a copy of your CV and covering letter. We can’t wait to see it! Deadline for applications Friday 6th February