Administrative Assistant (Fixed Term Contract)

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

An opportunity has arisen within Europanel for an Administrative Assistant to provide support to the ever-growing Europanel team for a duration of 12-14 months.

You will work closely with the Marketing & Events Manager and the Leadership Team which consists of 8 leaders in the market research industry to provide administrative support.

Reporting into the Marketing & Events Manager, you will play a key role in helping to drive efficiency across the Team by managing all administrative tasks. This will be achieved through supporting tasks and decisions that are crucial to the strategic running of the business.

This is a unique opportunity for someone to work in a vibrant, dynamic and diverse atmosphere and will require someone who is tenacious, organised and efficient.

Main Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for diary management by organising and maintaining multiple diaries
• Manage meeting logistics, arranging rooms & refreshments etc
• Attend meetings, taking minutes and creating action plans
• Producing and collating high quality documents and presentations in Word & PowerPoint
• Updating, organising and maintaining documents across the various Europanel platforms
• Liaise with the wider business to gain and compile information for our Cloud platform and EP website
• Assist the ELT with other administrative tasks
• Connecting and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels across Europanel and our partners
• Support and engage with various People Leadership Team initiatives such as internal promotions and employee engagement
• Onboarding and offboarding Europanel new starters/leavers
• Assist with social media promoting Europanel on Linked-in, etc…
• Managing our mailing lists and creating accounts for both clients and stakeholders
• Ownership of booking all travel and tracking travel against the T&A budget
• Ad hoc projects

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Good organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and multi-task
• Flexibility and adaptability to juggle a range of different tasks
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a collaborative approach and ability to build relationships across the business at all levels
• Able to operate with integrity and discretion in dealing with confidential information
• Cultural Awareness
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Company Benefits

• 25 days holidays
• Option of flexible hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Cycle to Work Scheme

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market driven and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to encourage new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to build an equality of opportunity in a fair and encouraging working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to thrive in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to build a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we encourage applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.com.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Country

United Kingdom

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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