Office and project co-ordinator vacancy

8 April 2014

Aether requires an additional team member to undertake a variety of tasks supporting staff with project administration, sales activities and resource management. This is a part time role (16 – 20 hours a week).

The successful candidate will maintain in-house project and sales systems (e.g. reviewing project budgets and timesheets) and will support the preparation of sales material (e.g. updating CVs, formatting text from technical staff). Administrative tasks will include organising and contributing to team meetings, making staff travel arrangements, processing expenses, basic book keeping (e.g. generating invoices), answering telephones, collecting post, liaising with main reception and purchasing stationery.

Aether offers a friendly working environment and excellent opportunities.

Skills Required

A minimum of five years experience in an office co-ordinator/administrative role;
Good level of numeracy as well as written and verbal English;
High level of competence with Microsoft Office products (Excel in particular);
Ability to work effectively as part of a team who work in the office and remotely;
Good organisational skills, attention to detail, and the initiative to work with a minimum of supervision;

Desirable skills include: experience of working within a quality management system (such as ISO9001), familiarity with basic financial documents (e.g. order forms, timesheets). A knowledge of Quickbooks and an interest in environmental issues would be advantageous.

Application

Please send your CV with a covering letter that explains in particular the following:

1.       Experience of working within a small technical team, and understanding the associated challenges;

2.       Experience of managing administrative tasks and handling data.

3.       Experience of providing written work for external use.

Short-listed applicants will be tested on their Excel skills before interview selection.

Please send your application to recruit@aether-uk.com  with “Office Co-ordinator” in the subject line.

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“ From their winning bid to final delivery, Aether's work with North Norfolk District Council was positive and thorough. They brought a clear understanding of the challenges local authorities face regarding carbon emissions and quickly understood the unique nature of the Coastwise project. Communication was effective, and the outcomes combined a depth of research with real-world utility for the council's activities around carbon emissions and mitigation. ”

Alastair Zangs, North Norfolk District Council

“ Aether is a great partner for work in the area of European Air Emissions. The team was committed, reliable, well organised and had a deep technical understanding and motivated other partners with their good spirit. ”

Umweltbundesamt: Environment Agency Austria

“ If we have a need for any more reports in the future Aether will be first on my list. ”

Alan Hardy, Kyson Design

“ Chris was excellent to work with and always very pro active in making suggestions, taking work forward and applying his considerable technical knowledge in effective ways. ”

Robert Vaughan, Defra Air Quality Team

“ Professional team and very collaborative communication. Effective result in terms of suggestions for improvement in the quality of the inventory and proposals on how to streamline specific topics. ”

Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

“ We have worked with Aether since 2019 to baseline, and subsequently update, our council and borough greenhouse gas inventories. It is a pleasure working with Aether’s professional, responsive, collaborative and helpful team. ”

Merton Council

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