Office Manager - Centre of Excellence
Future PLC, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are Future. We're a global platform for specialist media with scalable, diversified brands. We connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create, the innovative technology we pioneer and the engaging experiences we deliver.
We have a unique opportunity for an Office Manager to join us in our brand-new Centre of Excellence in Reading!
Our Centre of Excellence is the central hub for our commercial and editorial teams where they will come to work as an office base and use as a testing base! We are scaled up for testing across our brands; one day you might see new bikes being tested in our cycle review area and the next you might see some new cuisines being dished up in one of our kitchens for our food brands!
This is a position for an Office Manager who is always one step ahead, you'll be the face of the Centre of Excellence, greeting senior partners, running the complexities of our busy post room, handling our fleet of vehicles and (when we're able to) managing travel and booking requests.
This role will be fully office based, working Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.00pm.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Greeting visitors
- Ordering office supplies tea, coffee, milk, fruit, stationery etc.
- Be the point of contact for the IT department for new starters, leavers and equipment processes.
- Assist with basic IT Issues such as meeting room faults (Google Hangout issues)
- Support the facilities department and be the point of contact for maintenance issues, mailing, supplies, equipment and errands
- Keep log of incoming/outgoing products for brands
- General office admin support and first point of contact for admin
- Assisting in maintenance of records
- Booking travel
- Answer switchboard calls
- Ad hoc project work
- Arranging and attending corporate events
- Coordinating team events
- Support ELT with basic admin
- Managing small fleet of vans, signing in and out, organising MOT/Service
Requirements
What do I need to succeed?
- Highly proactive, on the ball and able to pre-empt problems
- Ability to prioritise
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Able to work independently with little supervision
- Confident in dealing with senior management
Benefits
What will I get in return:
As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including:
- Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)
- A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year
- Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines
- Discounted gym membership and onsite health amp; wellbeing (yoga at lunch anyone?!)
- Annual Future conference - get together with your colleagues to celebrate success and look forward to what's next
- Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community amp; Culture committees
- Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch amp; learns, hosted by your colleagues
We are Future
Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers
Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. We are dedicated to connecting over 300 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. We have big ambitions to transform media and change people’s lives.
We have a market-leading portfolio of over 220 brands spanning across technology, gaming, TV amp; entertainment, women’s lifestyle, music, sport, creative and photography, home interest and B2B. You may have heard of us
But a stellar heritage isn’t enough. We continue to grow our portfolio and launch new brands, restlessly looking to improve, innovate and push the boundaries of what can be done. We develop leading-edge technology which is disrupting the media marketplace.
Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for our audiences, clients, staff and shareholders. In a short space of time, Future has transformed into an innovative global media platform.
We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work with endless opportunities to forge a career. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, so we don’t have a Future HQ but a globally connected workforce across the UK, US, Europe and Australia
Every kind of talent is celebrated here.. We hire for person not for t