PA/Team Secretary

PA / Team Secretary

Squire & Partners

London

Competitive Salary

Squire & Partners has been designing award-winning buildings in London and internationally for 40 years and has established a reputation for designing and delivering new buildings which are crafted to respond to their context while maintaining contemporary principles of design.

Whilst we are currently the UK’s twelfth largest architecture practice employing over 200 people, we still strive to maintain a “family office” ethic and reward hard work with a lively social life, providing year-round events.

We are currently based in Kings Cross, but the office is moving to Brixton in June this year.

The company is led by 4 Partners and we are looking for a PA/Team Secretary to join our team of administration staff.  The role will be to provide support for one of the Partners and a team of architects, and will include:

• Client liaison
• Diary management
• Typing correspondence, minutes and other documents
• Travel arrangements
• Indesign and Photoshop work
• Creating and editing PowerPoint presentations
• Document control (logging and issuing architectural drawings)
• Entering and updating contact and project information on company database
• Filing and archiving – digital and hard copy
• Organise team social events and assist with organisation of office events
• Provide reception cover when required

The successful candidate:

• Solid secretarial experience
• Good MS Office skills, particularly in PowerPoint
• Knowledge of InDesign is not essential but would be advantageous (training can be provided)
• Excellent communication skills, and be able to liaise professionally with clients
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work under pressure
• Team player and sociable
• Reliable with a strong work ethic
• A friendly “can do” approach

In your cover note, please tell us a bit about yourself, including your salary expectations.

No agencies please.