Office Administrator in Abingdon

Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Hybrid working, 2x days per week in the office)

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum

Hours: Monday - Friday (09:00 - 18:00)

Experience: Office Administrator, PA, Recruitment Resourcing, Administration, Operations, Processes, Bookkeeping, Office Support, Business Administration, Marketing

The Opportunity

Here at Thompson & Terry Recruitment, we're looking for an organised, intelligent and proactive Office Administrator to join our award-winning team based in Abingdon. Following our recognition as Oxfordshire SME of the Year 2025 at The Oxfordshire Business Awards and the launch of exciting new business divisions, we are continuing to grow and are looking for someone who can become the operational glue that helps keep our office running smoothly. This is a varied role that combines recruitment support, administration, marketing and business operations. You'll play a key role in keeping the office organised and ensuring processes run smoothly across the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Writing job adverts
• Sourcing candidates
• Conducting research and supporting recruitment campaigns
• Coordinating interviews
• Writing interview notes
• Producing client updates
• Maintaining accurate records within our systems and databases

Alongside recruitment activities, you'll be actively involved in the day-to-day marketing, including blogs and social media content, while also providing general administrative, PA and office support. This will include helping with invoicing, basic bookkeeping, process improvement and day-to-day business operations. Ultimately, you'll become a central point of coordination within the business, helping to keep everything running efficiently while taking on increasing responsibility as you grow within the role.

We’d love to hear from people who are naturally curious, highly organised and enjoy making things happen behind the scenes.

The Company

At Thompson & Terry Recruitment, we pride ourselves on our consultative and ethical approach to recruitment. We build long-term relationships based on honesty, transparency and integrity, and our culture is something we're incredibly proud of. This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to all areas of a growing business, whilst developing valuable skills across recruitment, marketing, operations, administration and business support. For the right person, there will be significant opportunity to grow and take on increasing responsibility as the business continues to expand.

Requirements:

• Strong experience within a fast-paced office administration position
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Strong written communication skills, both written and verbal, with the confidence to communicate with candidates, clients and colleagues
• Small business mentality, with a proactive work ethic, and able to work autonomously
• Strong interest in recruitment, marketing and business operations
• A genuine desire to build a long-term career within a growing business

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment are an Abingdon-based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into roles across Oxfordshire and beyond. We typically recruit for Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs, Marketing Jobs, Biotech Jobs, and Executive Search appointments.

No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals.

If you have any accessibility requirements or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process, please let us know.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.