&Meetings and BE Virtual Operations and Admin Assistant - Job Specification
Job Title: Operations Admin Assistant - Fixed-term, Maternity Leave contract
Reports to: &Meetings & BE Virtual Director
Location: Aldgate, London City (Head Office)
Salary: Competitive
Version: 2025
&MEETINGS provide meeting rooms and conference facilities in each of BE Offices business centres. We strive to always offer the best service and leading technology.
BE Virtual offer Virtual addresses at all the BE Offices locations, along with call services and day office packages.
BE Offices is an award-winning provider of flexible workspace in London and throughout the UK. Our office solutions operate under multiple brands but share the same ethos of offering a quality, cost-effective working environment for businesses of all sizes. We are one of the oldest in our sector, established in 1994, and have pioneered the advance in service levels to our clients both in technological development and first-class personal service.
To assist in providing this outstanding service we require an Operations & Admin Assistant to provide hands-on and administrational support for &MEETINGS & BE Virtual on a Fixed-Term, Maternity Leave contract until October 2026. You will be the go-to person for clients and be willing to step into any task as it arises to ensure the client enjoys a great customer service experience. You will work with an onsite team and directly with the head office team.
As you’d expect you’ll be the first point of contact for all setting up of event and meeting space & setting up of new Virtual clients but more than that you’re a crucial part of the &Meetings & BE Virtual team. That means you’ll be involved in all the meeting and conference bookings helping us to providing award-winning service, along with the administration of Virtual packages.
It is a busy and varied role, including ensuring all conference and meeting rooms are up to standards, including but not limited to room layout, audio-visual equipment setup, catering and IT support. You will be based between our centres and the Head Office.
You’ll be dealing with clients every day, so professionalism is of the utmost importance. We strive and succeed to be the best in our industry, BE Offices has previously won various awards such as BCA’s Business Centre of the Year, featuring in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For Top 100 for 7 consecutive years.
If you can juggle tasks with a smile on your face and deliver great customer service, then this role is for you. We have training available every year to help you grow in your role for you to progress further when opportunities become available.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
· Meeting Room Setup: Oversee the initial setup of all new meeting rooms across the portfolio, including IT equipment, room layout, and catering arrangements.
· Regular Audits: Conduct regular audits of all meeting rooms to ensure high standards are consistently maintained.
· Client Communication: Provide a prompt and efficient telephone service to clients, potential clients, leads, and customers.
· Licenses and Contracts: Handle the creation of licenses and contracts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
· Invoice Management: Follow up on invoices and ensure that client payments are complete and up to date.
· Enquiry Management: Respond to face-to-face, email, and telephone inquiries promptly and professionally.
· Operational Support: Provide operational support for half of the week, ensuring smooth execution of meetings, events, and conferences. This includes timely provision of refreshments, setup of rooms to client specifications, and accurate communication with center teams.
· Stock Management: Maintain meeting room stock levels, including placing orders and distributing stock to center teams.
· Call Logging and Management: Set up and manage the call logger system on a monthly basis.
· Virtual Reception: Perform virtual reception duties as required.
· Administrative Support: Carry out various administrative and clerical tasks, including filing, photocopying, collating, preparing mailings, word processing, data entry, and report preparation.
· Team Morale: Maintain a positive attitude and contribute to staff morale.
· Time Management: Effectively manage time to meet business needs.
The above accountabilities are not exhaustive of your duties and may change over time. As the Business expands, gradual changes may occur and result in the substitution of one role for another. When substantial changes occur, the post holder will be consulted before the change is introduced and reasonable notice will be given.
Personal Specification:
Qualification and Education – GCSE’s or above in Business Related Area - Essential
Experience – 1 year office based or customer facing work experience (face to face and via telephone) – Essential
Experience within hospitality or events industry – Desirable
Skills and Abilities – Proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook – Essential
Excellent telephone and face-to-face communication skills – Essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills – Essential

WORK REQUIREMENTS

Flexibility to travel across to other sites on a regular basis – Essential
Occasional irregular hours if required to meet business needs - Essential
Full Time Position – Essential
Company Benefits:
The following are applicable on successful completion of your probationary period for full time permanent employees only.
Annual Leave
· 20 days holiday (for your first year of employment) plus bank holidays
· Paid day off for your Birthday
· Buy and sell up to 3 days’ holiday* or carry up to 3 days unused annual leave to the subsequent year
Benefit Schemes
· Healthcare (plus partners/dependants)
· Dental Care
· Life Assurance
· Pension
· Corporate Eye Care
· Season Ticket Loan
· Loyalty of Service Rewards
· Cycle to work scheme
· Quit smoking reward and recognition scheme
· Access to our onsite Gym
· New starter lunch voucher
Other
· Quarterly socials paid for by the company*
· Up to 3 days paid leave per year to support a local charity of your choice*
*Terms and Conditions apply
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: From £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• Paid volunteer time
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (required)
• Administrative: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In perso

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