Administrator, Office Administrator​/ Coordinator, Administrative​/Clerical

Are you organised, reliable and ready to take your first step into an office-based career? We're looking for an Administrator to join a busy professional services team and help keep the office running smoothly day to day.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a positive attitude who wants to learn, gain hands-on experience, and build strong administrative skills in a supportive environment. Full training is provided, so no previous office experience is required.

What you'll be doing

As a key part of the operations team, you'll be involved in a wide range of administrative and office support tasks, including:

Handling incoming and outgoing post, making sure important documents reach the right people
Preparing mail for dispatch and visiting the Post Office when needed
Supporting the team with scanning, printing, photocopying and document preparation
Updating and managing tasks on internal systems (with guidance)
Helping keep the office organised, tidy and running efficiently
Providing general admin support to colleagues across different teams

You'll learn how a professional office operates behind the scenes and play an important role in keeping everything on track.

Essential skills and attributes:

Good attention to detail
Basic IT skills (email, scanning, printing, data entry)
Organised, punctual and reliable
Comfortable following instructions and set processes
Friendly, professional and polite manner
An interest in working in a legal or professional services environment
Enjoys working as part of a team

This is an office-based opportunity and due to the location of the Hertford-based office, this role is commutable from Ware, Buntingford, Welwyn Garden City, Puckeridge, Sawbridgeworth, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Stevenage, Knebworth and Bishops Stortford.

Zero Surplus is one of the UK's premier recruitment agencies, based just outside Cambridge our recruiters source staff for small and international businesses across Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Northants, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, and the South of England.

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