Administration Officer

Administration Officer – Newquay – Permanent

💼 Salary: £27,000 - £29,000 + Benefits Package
📍 Location: Newquay, Cornwall
🕒 Hours: Full time (May include up to 1 or 2 evening meetings per month)
📅 Start: ASAP

Are you a highly organised administrator with excellent attention to detail and experience supporting formal meetings or governance processes? Do you enjoy producing high-quality documentation, coordinating deadlines, and ensuring that organisational decision-making runs smoothly and efficiently? If so, this Administration Officer role could be a fantastic opportunity for you.

We are partnering with a respected organisation seeking a reliable, professional, and detail-driven individual to support their governance, administrative, and communication functions. You’ll play a key part in preparing documentation, taking accurate minutes, coordinating reports, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing

✔ Preparing agendas, meeting papers, notices and correspondence
✔ Attending formal meetings, taking clear and accurate minutes
✔ Maintaining action logs and ensuring timely follow-up with relevant teams
✔ Formatting, proofreading and supporting the production of reports and documents
✔ Maintaining statutory registers, attendance records and declarations of interest
✔ Providing administrative support to senior leaders and the wider team
✔ Publishing notices, updates and information across websites, noticeboards and communication channels
✔ Supporting events, working groups, consultation activities and customer service cover

What We’re Looking For

💡 Experience in formal administration
💡 Excellent written communication, accuracy and document-production skills
💡 Strong organisational ability with the resilience to meet tight deadlines
💡 Confident communicator with diplomacy and professionalism
💡 Proficient in Microsoft Office and digital document management systems
💡 Reliable, discreet, and supportive team player

Why You’ll Love This Role

✔ 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
✔ Excellent pension scheme (11% employer / 5% employee)
✔ Free on-site parking
✔ Cycle-to-work scheme
✔ Supportive and collaborative working environment
✔ Opportunities for professional development and training
✔ A meaningful role

📩 Apply now for a confidential conversation about this Administration Officer opportunity in Newquay, Cornwall.

Carrington Wood is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting organisations across Cornwall, Devon, and the wider South West. We recruit across Finance, Accounting, HR, Administration, Customer Service and Business Support on both a temporary and permanent basis