Project Coordinator

Job Introduction

• Project Coordinator 
• 37.5 hours per week
• £22,000-£25,000 per annum depending on experience + great benefits
• Lytham St Annes 
• Close date- Sunday 15th May
• 1st stage phone interviews- Monday 16th May 

We now have an exciting opportunity for a highly organised Project Coordinator who is passionate about delivering critical pathways, to join our growing Property and Store Image team to support them with their mission of developing the future generations of our beautiful Beaverbrooks and Loupe stores.

In this role you will be a strong collaborator, working with multiple teams simultaneously to ensure the seamless planning and implementation of our exciting projects.

We are proud to have recently achieved the number one position in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021, in addition to being announced as ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ 2021. It’s also our 16th consecutive year of receiving three-star accreditation for ‘world class’ levels of workplace engagement.

This role is based at our office in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire but will require some occasional travel to stores, to familiarise yourself with projects.

Role Responsibility

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
• Ensure project information is correctly filed
• Support the Project Programme Manager with project-related tasks
• Support our Store Design team with design-related tasks
• Break projects into doable actions and set clear timeframes
• Communicate and set these deadlines with contractors, architects, and design agencies
• Ensure that the project programme is running smoothly and make sure that the Project Programme Manager is aware of any areas where the programme/brief can’t be met and chasing deadlines where required
• Communicate clearly with relevant office departments to ensure that everyone is up to speed throughout a project’s duration

The Ideal Candidate

Essential skills & experience

• Prior experience in a project role with a good understanding of project processes; critical pathways and effective planning
• Highly organised and efficient with the ability to multitask and prioritise
• A great attention to detail
• Excellent communicator and collaborator who can nurture great working relationships
• Initiative to ask questions, speak up and challenge where necessary
• Driven, proactive and conscientious
• Microsoft Office proficient (Excel, Powerpoint and Word)
• Previous experience of working with Microsoft Project

Desirable skills & experience

• Experience of working with projects in a construction environment
• Knowledge of/experience of working with Autocad
• Knowledge of/experience of working with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Knowledge of/experience of working with CGI

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 72 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £16 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

Some of our other benefits include:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Free car parking
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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