Office Administrator

Office Administrator

Location:

Based at our Head Office in Lelant, St Ives

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Contract:

Fixed term contract, approximately 9 months covering maternity leave

Holiday: 26 days paid, pro‑rate, plus Bank Holidays

Hours:

Monday to Friday 8.15 am until 4.15 pm (unpaid half‑hour meal break) making a 37.5 hour week

Parking:
Free, secure parking on site

The Peoples' Pension: automatic enrolment following a period of up to 13 weeks' employment

H Tempest Ltd is the nation's largest school photography company with over 500 employees. Our Head Office and Laboratory is based in St Ives, Cornwall and our Photographers are resident throughout the UK. We take photographs of children at playgroups and nurseries, primary and secondary schools and graduates at universities and colleges as well as the Armed Forces and Corporate Photography.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to work within the Directors Offices at Head Office, as Office Administrator, covering maternity leave for the majority of 2026.

• Providing day‑to‑day administrative support to our Directors, Area Managers and Photographers across the UK.
• Managing recruitment administration for new photographers, including posting job adverts, communicating with candidates, arranging interviews, preparing job offer paperwork.
• Handling pre‑employment compliance tasks, such as conducting DBS checks, Safeguarding checks and maintaining accurate personnel files.
• Working with our Company fleet and supporting drivers with queries.
• Supporting general office operations, such as responding to phone and email enquiries, assisting with documentation.

• Have strong administration skills
• Be fully conversant with Word and Excel
• Be confident using web‑based portals
• Have a friendly, helpful telephone manner
• Be able to work with discretion and in a confidential manner

Thanks for reading our advert. If you are excited about the role we'd love to hear from you so click on “APPLY” today and send us a copy of your CV and covering letter. We can't wait to see it! Final date to receive applications Friday 6th February