Team Coordinator

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for a Team Coordinator to work on a hybrid basis, with two/three days per week based at our Coventry HQ and the remainder working from home. The successful candidate will be required to work five days per week, Monday to Friday.

This is a key role within the team, supporting the smooth day-to-day running of activities and helping to deliver high-profile projects and research. The position is well suited to an experienced administrator who is organised, proactive, and confident managing multiple priorities. Acting as a central point of coordination, the Team Coordinator will build strong working relationships, support project delivery, and help ensure work is completed efficiently and to a high standard.

About AHDB

We are the independent, impartial public body that unlocks success in British agriculture. Funded by a levy from over 100,000 British producers in the beef, lamb, pork, dairy and cereals sectors, we support and champion farmers, growers and processors, often where no one else can or will.

We share the expert, evidence-based research and reports that inform on-farm decision making. We promote British produce to the UK public through domestic marketing campaigns, and we identify and open new global export opportunities to help farm businesses grow.

We help levy payers learn more, sell more and export more to remain sustainable and profitable. Together, we deliver the insights, the influence and the impact that farmers need.

Job description

• Provide high-quality administrative and coordination support across the Centre of Excellence teams
• Manage and organise meetings, including preparing papers and taking clear, accurate notes/minutes
• Support with diary management, arrangement of travel and accommodation requirements, correspondence, organising internal and external meetings including taking notes and minutes, and preparing agendas and completing papers
• Support the delivery of projects by tracking activity and coordinating inputs across the team
• Manage finance administration, including purchase orders, invoices and expenses
• Maintain accurate systems, records and shared documents
• Act as a key point of contact, building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Person specification

• Proven experience in an administrative or coordination role
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Confident communicator, with experience working across different stakeholders
• High attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused approach
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and systems/databases
• Able to work independently while contributing effectively as part of a team
• Flexibility to attend meetings, if required

Benefits

The benefits…

We believe in rewarding our people for their hard work, so we have a great mix of benefits and opportunities to give you the recognition you deserve

• 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, to include hybrid working
• 33 days of annual leave plus one privilege day (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Life assurance cover (4x salary)
• A market-leading defined contribution pension scheme with Legal & General
• Enhanced pay of 20 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, subject to length of service
• A paid day each year to volunteer and make a difference in your community
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent training and development opportunities and an agreed development plan
  Recognition awards throughout the year
• Reward Gateway membership – this gives you a huge number of online discounts and savings

Apply now, or call [phone removed] if you require any further information.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of suitable applications.

At AHDB, you'll find we are committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. This applies to both our workforce and the practices we follow.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

To apply, simply upload your CV and Cover Letter via our careers portal by clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this page. Our hiring managers will review your application, and we’ll be in touch with the outcome shortly after the closing date.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial interview via MS Teams. If successful, a second-stage face-to-face interview will be held at our HQ in Coventry, Warwickshire, following our competency-based framework.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of suitable applications.’

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the <