About the Vacancy:

An excellent opportunity for an organized and forward thinking team administrative assistant to join our Horticultural Research Test Plot in Kent. As team admin assistant, you will be supporting the Test Plot team and the main campus team with general office admin duties. This is a busy and varied role for someone who has strong administrative experience and is searching for a more diverse administrative function with the opportunity to grow and develop. There will be an opportunity to get involved with the practical side of the operations.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

You are an ideal candidate for us if you have the following knowledge and competencies.
• Excellent organisational skills (essential)
• True team player who is able to foster and maintain positive working relationships (essential)
• Computer literate and proficient in Outlook / Excel / Word and PowerPoint
• Pro-active and able to work under pressure/prioritise with minimal supervision (essential)
• High integrity (essential)
• Strong communicator who is confident engaging at all levels (essential)
• Previous administrative work experience in similar field desired.
• Experience with Health and Safety preferable
• Provide back up support to UK R&D team
• Valid driving license would be a bonus
• Drives for results, attentive to detail and focused on delivering quality output (essential)
• Organisational awareness (essential)


RESPONSIBILITIES (MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO):

• Providing support and assistance to the Research Test Plot team
• Develop and maintain filing systems and controlled documents
• Ordering and managing supplies
• Completing the process for New Vendor requests, preparation/processing of all invoices, data entry of invoices.
• Interface and communicate with vendor/contractor representatives and other stakeholders on behalf of Test Plot Manager
• Implement and manage test plot function processes in line with company policies and directives
• Ad hoc project work and tasks requiring research and data collection, potentially field based when required
• Maintain good working relationships with the other Admin Assistants and supporting where required

This job description is intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all the job's responsibilities. At Driscoll’s, all of our jobs include broad responsibilities for continually improving the processes we use to develop our products.