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Barker Associates is an award winning, employee-owned property consultancy and trusted advisor, offering Architecture and Design, Project Management, Surveying, Engineering, and Energy and Sustainability services across the UK. Proud back-to-back recipients of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Award, we provide innovative, sustainable solutions from concept, to build, and beyond, for clients across all sectors.

We currently have a vacancy open for a Secretary who is looking to develop their career, supporting the building surveying team within the organisation. This role will be office based at our Birmingham office, where you will interact with multi-disciplinary teams across the business, and ensure compliance within all relevant discipline standards and regulations.

Key Areas of Responsibilities Will Include:

• Support the smooth day-to-day running of the office, providing administrative support across multiple teams.
• Act as a professional first point of contact for visitors, clients and external enquiries, managing calls, emails and correspondence.
• Coordinate diaries, meetings, travel arrangements and internal events, ensuring activities are organised effectively.
• Process invoices, reports and business documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
• Manage office supplies, post, filing systems and business records to maintain an efficient working environment.
• Maintain accurate information across company systems and support colleagues with a range of administrative and operational requirements.
• Take an active role in coordinating activities across the team, helping employees stay organised, informed and on track.
• Develop an understanding of business operations and support the planning, tracking and coordination of key activities and projects as responsibilities grow.

• Previous experience in an administrative, office support, secretarial, or coordination role.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with invoicing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A proactive and professional approach, with strong customer service skills.
• Confidence working with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels.
• Flexible and adaptable, with a willingness to take on a broad range of responsibilities.
• A positive, solutions-focused attitude and a desire to learn and develop.

Hours: Monday to Friday8:30am - 5:00pm

Holiday: 25 days (pro-rata’d) plus bank holidays.

Additional benefits include: Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of Life Assurance, Pension Scheme and Total Rewards Package.

Join an organisation where your voice matters, as an employee-owned business, we all share in the success we create together.

We want you to grow with us, and Barker offers the opportunities needed to develop and succeed. With our continued professional development of both formal and on-the-job training, you can build your abilities here with us, working together to deliver a first-class service.

If this sounds like the role for you, then please get in touch today!

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. Barker is a proud member of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering), reinforcing our commitment to advancing gender diversity and supporting women across technical and STEM professions. At Barker, our people are the heart of our business, and we promote and support a working environment where our employees can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at [email protected]

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that agencies refrain from sending speculative CVs.