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Senior PA/Project Admin

Newman Personnel
Bishops Stortford · posted 31 July 2026
Salary
£35,000 – £45,000 a year
Job type
full time
Location
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Category
Administration
SENIOR PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR / PA – CONSTRUCTION Bishop’s Stortford Permanent, full-time Are you the person who keeps everything moving, remembers what everyone else has forgotten and makes a busy Director’s working life considerably easier? We are recruiting an exceptional Senior Project Administrator/PA for an established construction-related business near Bishop’s Stortford. This is a varied, high trust role supporting the Director of Project Delivery and helping to keep live projects, reporting, documentation and compliance activity firmly on track. THE ROLE * Managing the Director’s email, diary, meetings and priorities * Preparing agendas, taking minutes and following up actions * Maintaining project schedules, databases, reports and documentation * Producing performance reports for the Director and Board * Supporting bids, tenders and formal submissions * Managing compliance documentation across live projects * Monitoring site forms, checklists and inspections * Chasing overdue information from managers and project teams * Producing compliance reports, trackers and dashboards * Maintaining training records and training matrices * Managing system users, permissions and basic training ABOUT YOU You will be a calm, capable and highly organised Senior Administrator, Project Coordinator or PA with: * Experience supporting a Director or senior leader * Excellent diary, email and meeting-management skills * Strong minute-taking and action-follow-up experience * Project, deadline and document coordination skills * Strong Excel, reporting and database experience * Exposure to bids, tenders, compliance or training records * Confidence chasing busy people diplomatically but persistently * Excellent communication skills and attention to detail Construction, engineering, project-delivery or compliance-software experience would be advantageous. However, an exceptional senior administrator or PA with strong transferable experience and the ability to learn new systems will also be considered. If you enjoy bringing order to a busy environment and ensuring nothing slips through the cracks, we would love to hear from you. Thank you for your application. Due to the volume of applications received, we are only able to contact candidates selected for the next stage. If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion
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