Office Administrator in Cheltenham

About The Role

Following an internal promotion, we are looking to recruit an Office Administrator to join our busy Cheltenham office. The role objective is to provide administrative support to the office, while working in collaboration with the wider operations department to ensure a consistent offering of service across all HCR offices. Being one of our largest offices, Cheltenham has an established operations team supporting the office with its busy calendar of events and on additional administration projects such as archiving. Whilst previous administration experience is beneficial, we're also keen to speak to someone who may even be looking for their first office role.

Typical duties of an Office Administrator will include:

• Managing the incoming and outgoing post including distributing, scanning and filing to our systems, and preparing letters to clients.
• Managing and ordering office supplies and equipment.
• Assisting with room preparation, ordering lunches and arranging refreshments when required for office events.
• Working closely with the Group Operations Manager to maintain health and safety procedures and office standards.
• Ad-hoc scanning or copying of files.
• Supporting on our current archiving project with the utmost attention to detail, managing the movement as well as the confidential destruction of files.

About You

Our ideal candidate would:

• Be approachable and helpful in nature.
• Have Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook experience.
• Be highly organised.
• Possess strong communication skills, as the role will require clear communications with colleagues at all levels.
• Able to work well as part of a team.
• Have previous business administration experience, which would be beneficial.

About Us

Our Office Administrator benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• Healthcare cash-plan
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Happy People/Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you? HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference; your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 40, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards. With 13 offices in England and Wales, our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly across all our regions and are well-respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence. With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation. We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application.