At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial admin tasks and support contract performance in a dynamic team.
- Company: Join Liberty Property Maintenance, a growing company with a focus on responsive maintenance.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and opportunities for career progression.
- Other info: Flexible working environment with potential travel and a supportive team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on public sector contracts while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in commercial or finance admin roles, ideally in maintenance or construction.
Liberty Property Maintenance WPS are looking for a Commercial Administrator to join our growing responsive maintenance team. Are you an experienced Commercial Administrator looking to play a key role within a major local authority contract? We’re recruiting for a newly created position supporting the Birmingham City Council contract, where you’ll work closely with the Senior Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyor to drive commercial performance, financial accuracy, and operational efficiencies. This is an opportunity to join a growing team and shape a role that is critical to the success of service delivery.
The Role
You’ll take ownership of key commercial and financial administration activities, supporting both day-to-day operations and governance processes across the contract. Working across multiple workstreams, you’ll ensure strong cost control, supply chain compliance and accurate financial reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Administering subcontractor accounts and documentation
- Managing purchase, subcontract, and sales ledgers
- Supporting supply chain management, including performance scoring and payment applications
- Raising and processing purchase orders (POs)
- Assisting with cash collection and cost control activities
- Conducting on-site material audits
- Supporting client quote production
- Assisting with supply chain onboarding and procurement processes
- Maintaining systems including COINS and client platforms (e.g. Maintain)
- Managing documentation and workflows via SharePoint
- Supporting governance, compliance, final accounts, and variations
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience in a Commercial Admin / Finance Admin role within a responsive maintenance, construction, or infrastructure environment
- Ideally from a Responsive Maintenance background or experience working for subcontractors on Responsive Maintenance programmes within direct delivery models
- Strong understanding of purchase ledger, subcontractor processes, and cost control
- Experience using systems such as COINS, Maintain (highly desirable)
- A proactive, detail-oriented approach with strong organisational skills
- Confident working with stakeholders across commercial, operational, and supply chain teams
- Background in a direct labour or self-delivery environment is advantageous
Working Pattern
Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home. Flexibility across locations including Redditch and Liverpool travel.
Why Apply?
- Be part of a new role with real impact on contract performance
- Join a supportive commercial team during a key transformation phase
- Gain exposure to major public sector contracts
- Career progression into Assistant QS pathway
- Work on a high-profile, long-term contract
If you’re a commercially minded administrator looking to grow your career within a structured and progressive environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply Today!
Closing Date: ASAP (We may close early due to high demand)
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
Commercial Admin employer: Liberty Gas Group
Liberty Property Maintenance WPS is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic and supportive work environment in Birmingham. As a Commercial Administrator, you will play a pivotal role in a major local authority contract, with opportunities for career progression into the Assistant QS pathway. Enjoy the benefits of a hybrid working model, exposure to high-profile public sector contracts, and the chance to make a real impact on service delivery within a growing team.
