Job Description

ID: 2025-7211 Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry West Yorkshire Department: Technical Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire Date Posted: 08.05.2025 We have a fantastic opportunity for a detail-oriented and proactive Administrator to join our team at Vistry West Yorkshire, based in our Wakefield office. This role is key to supporting the Technical Team with a wide range of administrative responsibilities. As our Administrator, you will provide administrative support, including preparing documents, coordinating meetings, managing diaries and ensuring smooth coordination, documentation, and communication across projects.


We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.


Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...
+ Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
+ Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
+ Private Healthcare
+ Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
+ Competitive contributory pension scheme
+ Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
+ Share incentive schemes
+ Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
In return, what we would like from you...
+ Commitment to our core values: Integrity, Caring, and Quality
+ Previous experience in an office-based secretarial / administrative role
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively liaise and co-ordinate activities between departments
+ To have a positive and flexible approach to work, integrate with the existing team and provide support and guidance to others when required
+ High level of accuracy and attention to detail
+ Excellent organisational and time management skills
+ Confident communicator across all levels of the business
+ Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
+ Positive, professional attitude with a willingness to learn
+ Ability to manage and prioritise workload effectively

Desirable

+ Knowledge and understanding of the document control process at operational level
+ Previous experience in a similar role, ideally within the housebuilding / construction industry
+ Knowledge of Viewpoint software
More about the Technical Administrator role...
+ Attend meetings, take accurate minutes, and distribute them promptly (shorthand experience is a plus)
+ Coordinate meetings, including scheduling, preparing agendas, printing drawings, and distributing CPD materials
+ Support the preparation and management of HUG packs and Health & Safety files, liaising with Build Admin and Technical Coordinators
+ Assist with technical documentation such as H&S/environmental forms, retention notes and master trackers (e.g., SHE/LoS trackers)
+ Organise CPD events, including catering and logistics
+ Maintain and update training records and training matrix, ensuring compliance with mandatory and additional training requirements
+ Manage the Technical Team diary and provide general administrative support
Wider Office Duties
+ Provide reception cover as needed, ensuring a professional and welcoming front-of-house presence
+ Provide cover for the Administrator during periods of leave, and vice versa. This includes liaising with site teams and subcontractors to gather HUG and H&S information--tasks that may differ from the usual technical admin responsibilities but are essential for team continuity

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Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...

We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.


You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process.


Join us in making Vistry.


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Benefits

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Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.


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Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.


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Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Regional Office Location

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Why Vistry

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Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.