Pleasant, confident and experienced Bookkeeper / Office Assistant required to work for a busy Building/ Shop Fitting Contractors based in Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0DW.

Based in the office you will be the first point of contact to visitors and for telephone enquiries.

Must possess excellent IT skills, good telephone manner and provide excellent customer services.

Be proactive and adaptable. Able to work on your own and possess a knowledge of Quickbooks & Microsoft Excel.

As Construction Administrator the role will include, but not be limited to:

• You will receive instruction from the internal team as well as the customer directly which you will then act upon immediately whilst providing excellent customer services.
• Liaising with clients and colleagues in planning and organising work, including briefing our designer and dealing with ordering print production of signage.
• Experience in writing/ preparing ‘Risk Assessments & Method Statements’ would be an advantage.
• You will process work to be completed onto the internal systems/spreadsheets and record completion dates.
• Preparation of invoices and spreadsheets, including Construction Industry Scheme records on Excel spreadsheet and filing CIS returns along with general office duties.
• Assisting with sales activity eg. preparing quotes, orders and letters.
• Managing petty cash.
• Keeping records up to date, archiving when required.
• You will complete general administration such as filing and scanning.
• Generating and chasing up sales invoices and recording information using Quickbooks and Excel.
• Preparing purchase invoices for payment / monthly bank run using Quickbooks.
• Assisting with Social Media content and presence.
• Own transport would be an advantage.

Benefits:

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• Part Time: minimum 3 days per week, days are flexible
• Competitive pay: £10.50 per hour actually worked, (based on time sheets).
• Self-employment essential. 
• Free onsite car parking.

The ideal candidate for this position will have outstanding organisational skills, fully equip to use all Microsoft packages. Excellent attendance and punctuality are desirable. A strong minded individual would thrive in this position, we look forward to your application if you feel you can meet the criteria & If you want to work for a small family company that cares about their staff and rewards them for the effort and hard work. A covering letter outlining is essential.

We aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 days. If you haven't been contacted within 2 days your application has been unsuccessful. We apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.