HR / Office Administrator

IQGeo is seeking an HR / Office Administrator to support business services for a fast-growing software company in Cambridge. This role is full-time with ideally 3-4 days/week in office (Monday-Thursday), flexible scheduling, private healthcare, life assurance, incapacity benefit, health cash plan etc.  Daily work may be project focused and/or switching gears quickly between requests. You’d be supporting smart, friendly, helpful and busy technologists and professionals, both locally and internationally.

You are a great fit for this role because you:

• are reliable, dependable, and trustworthy with confidential information

• like pitching in when needed

• can be productive during “quiet” times

• enjoy preparing and coordinating events, like management meetings, holiday parties and employee events.

Duties / Responsibilities:

Though part of the HR team, duties will include supporting all departments and external customers/vendors/visitors. A partial list of common activities include:

HR: onboarding new staff, offboarding, hiring, benefits administration, documentation (issuing offer letters, contracts and general letters), interview coordination and compliance

Management Team: Diary management and support for our CEO and CFO, credit card / expense management support, management meeting coordination and support.

Facilities: security passes, ordering office supplies, office management, meeting room coordination, shredding of important documents, guest/vendor coordination, health/safety/fire “warden”, maintaining and stocking the office fridge.

Events: office/staff events coordination (meetings, lunches/dinners, parties), ordering food and transportation.

Finance/Sales/Marketing/Customer Service Ops: projects and general support as requested.

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Be friendly, approachable
• Be reliable, dependable
• Treat colleagues like customers
• Be reasonably knowledgeable and efficient with computer applications, (Excel, Word, emails, scheduling Outlook, Teams, etc.)
• Be organised, efficient, and proactive
• Be accepting of change and adjust to changing priorities with ease
• Be responsible for charges, expenses, purchases, and tracking of such activities

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in office administration and is looking to expand their knowledge and experience.

Location:

Due to the nature of this role, it is expected that you would work from the office 3-4 days per week (Monday-Thursday) from our offices in central Cambridge.  

Flexible Working:

We support hybrid and flexible working arrangements for all employees. We understand that life for many people involves school runs, care giving, or exercising!

Work Permits & Visa:

We are only able to consider applicants with the right to work permanently in the UK. We are not able to sponsor work permits.

What's In It For You?

The role will come with a competitive package dependent on experience.  Benefits include:

• 25 days of paid holiday, with the opportunity to purchase further days up to a total of 30.
• Paid charity/volunteering day each year
• Company-matched pension contributions of up to 6% base salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plan
• Company life assurance (4 x gross salary)
• Incapacity benefit
• Enhanced maternity leave policy (full-pay 3 months, half-pay 3 months, 15 weeks of SMP), after 2 years of service.
• EV company car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Cycle scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Give as you earn charity scheme.
• Mentor program.