Current Vacancies

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Contracts Administrator

Location: Outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk

Job Type: Permanent, full-time, 8am – 4pm, Monday to Friday

Salary: £28-32k pa, dependent on experience (TBC)

Overview: Well-established building and construction company requires a highly organised and proactive Contracts Administrator to join a small team based on the outskirts of Ipswich. This is a full-time office-based role, providing support across various administrative functions. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and a strong understanding of office systems, particularly QuickBooks for raising estimates, invoices, and reconciling accounts.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Liaising with Customers, Subcontractors & Suppliers: Act as a point of contact, ensuring clear communication and smooth coordination.
  • Telephone Answering: Handle inbound calls professionally, providing assistance and redirecting as needed.
  • Booking Appointments: Organise meetings for the team, scheduling appointments and managing calendars.
  • Raising Estimates & Invoices: Use QuickBooks to prepare accurate estimates and invoices in a timely manner.
  • Reconcile Accounts: Assist with the reconciliation of accounts, ensuring that records are accurate and up to date.
  • Filing & General Office Duties: Organise and maintain physical and digital records, handle day-to-day office administration tasks, and support with other ad hoc office duties as required.

Key Skills Required:

  • Organisational Skills: Ability to stay organised in a fast-paced environment and prioritise tasks effectively.
  • Time Management: Manage a varied workload, ensuring all tasks are completed to deadlines.
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure: Capable of maintaining high standards even during busy periods.
  • Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities, with attention to detail.
  • Office Experience: Previous administrative experience, preferably in a construction or building maintenance setting.
  • QuickBooks Knowledge: Experience with QuickBooks is essential, including raising estimates, invoicing, and reconciling accounts.
  • Construction/Building Maintenance Knowledge (preferred): Familiarity with industry terminology and processes is an advantage but not essential.

If you have the right skills and are looking for a rewarding administrative role within the construction industry, we would love to hear from you.


Employer Engagement Officer

Location: Ipswich

Job type: Temporary, FTC until end of July 2025

Hours: 4-5 days per week

Salary: c£14.40ph

Overview: Excellent FTC opportunity until the end of July 2025 focussed on promoting new degree level apprenticeship programmes. The role will help develop and deliver an integrated programme of key events.

Applicants will be well organised and thrive in a busy working environment providing proactive, creative events services and expertise, and excellent customer service. The role requires an evidence based approach, monitoring the impact of all events, providing reports, insights, and recommendations to the Project Manager on a regular basis.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Act as the first point of contact for external organisations regarding Apprenticeship projects.
  • Familiarise yourself with bid guidance and target audience.
  • Working closely with the Business Engagement Managers, supporting the co-ordination, development and delivery of events, programmes, and initiatives, particularly supporting internal pre and post-award processes and those of funders.
  • Support the provision of high-quality data to relevant groups and bodies.
  • Manage and support all pre and post award processes including Costings.
  • Support the organising and promoting of Business Engagement / seminars and information sessions including attendance, as appropriate.
  • Play a key role in promoting new and existing initiatives to increase internal and external engagement, including, social media, email, and traditional hard copy resources
  • Manage administrative systems within a broad policy framework ensuring that confidentiality is maintained as required.
  • Administration to include maintaining databases and preparing financial statements, process transactions and other administrative data.
  • To work flexibly, as some out of hours work may be required e.g., attendance at events/visits to Partners.
  • To perform any other duties which are commensurate with this grade and role.

This role is based in Ipswich with parking available at a small daily cost.