Project Assistant

We are looking for a Project Assistant for an operating company in the Wind industry. 

This is  contract work

This will be 3 days a week in Surrey and 2 days WFH; as the project develops this will be 3 days a week in central London and 2 days WFH. 

In this role you will: 
As a Project Assistant, you play an essential role in our daily operations.

• You make sure our Project Leadership team can fully focus on their core responsibilities by managing calendars, scheduling meetings, and streamlining communication – often in close collaboration with assistants across the globe;
• You coordinate internal and external events that bring colleagues closer together, both locally and internationally, from sports initiatives and team-building activities to the project Christmas party.
• You optimise and facilitate administrative processes handling a wide variety of tasks that require adaptability, including launching documents for digital signature, supporting digital systems, archiving in SharePoint, creating POs in SAP, working in Omega 365.
• You provide valuable support across various administrative activities and ad hoc projects, as part of the go-to team when things need to be organised quickly and effectively.

To be successful in the role you will bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree or at least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills; thrives under pressure and can juggle multiple priorities.
• Flexible and adaptable in the face of change and unforeseen circumstances.
• High level of discretion, empathy, and confidentiality.
• A team player with the ambition to contribute to a high-performing, growing international company.
• Independent, detail-oriented, and quality-focused.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in communication and event planning is a plus.

 


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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.