Office Administrator - Urgent - Part-Time

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled administration superstar to join our organisation on a part time basis (20 hours per week worked across 5 days, ideally 9am-1pm with flexibility), to provide general office administration and reception support. This is a key customer facing role, and you will be the ‘go to’ person for all internal and external general enquires. 

This role will see you:

• Greet all visitors approaching the reception counter in a warm, professional, and efficient manner.
• Assist staff with general administration tasks, including typing, scheduling meetings, ordering catering, scanning, filing, binding, photocopying, laminating etc. 
• Monitor the staff kitchen and stationery room, including ordering stock when required.
• Monitor and distribute all incoming correspondence - mail and courier deliveries, phone calls and emails. 
• Administering staff leave and other HR processes such as onboarding and offboarding activities. 
• Provide general administrative support to the People & Safety Team and back up support to the Executive/Personal Assistant. 

Our ideal candidate will have:

• 2+ years’ experience in a similar administration or reception role. 
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills and be able to relate to a wide range of people and build strong working relationships.
• Sound IT ability to an intermediate level using a range of systems, including MS office, word and excel. 
• Current drivers license

Lincoln Agritech Limited (LAL) is a leading edge, independent research and development (R&D) company established in 1964 with a history of innovation and deployment of our research. Our diverse team of around 90 people include scientists, research engineers, software developers and many other skilled and passionate professionals who support the innovative, purpose-led work we do. 

Lincoln Agritech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln University (New Zealand) with its head office based on campus at Lincoln, near Christchurch and a North Island office based at the Ruakura Research Centre in Hamilton.

To join us, click Apply Now to submit your CV and cover letter.  Applications will close on Sunday 26th May, but we’re keen to move fast - we may start interviewing before applications close, so we recommend submitting your application early. 

If you wish to discuss this opportunity further, you can contact us on [email protected] or 03 325 3746.