Administrative Assistant

Role and Responsibilities

Join our Commercial Aviation Training team in Gatwick as an Administrative Assistant where you’ll provide support to the department as we ramp up for our next cycle of pilot training activity.

CAE’s Commercial Aviation Training team works with major airlines to ensure a consistent supply of well trained and motivated pilots by supporting cadets through one of CAE’s world-leading programmes. We work closely with our customers to identify their needs and match them with prospective pilots or help current pilots cross-train and re-train.

Your role as an Administrative Assistant is a crucial support to ensure we can deliver and improve our proactivity through this period.

This is a 3-month fixed term contract (FTC)

The role we are offering you

• Providing administrative and clerical support to relieve department staff and managers of administrative details

• Coordinating messages, appointments, and caller information

• Managing office supplies, mail, and ensuring correct file maintenance – adhering to GDPR and data regulations/ best practice

• Receiving, screening and directing incoming calls and visitors including on-site visits

• Entering data and information into Salesforce CRM tool

• Supporting Sales team to ensure closure of all inbound and outbound leads

Our ideal candidate has:

• Experience in an administrative role

• Knowledgeable and conscious of data protection, GDPR, and privacy regulations and best practices

• Good communication and customer handling skills

What else would be beneficial/ desirable?

• Good knowledge of Excel (e.g. Pivot tables)

Location:

Gatwick, West Sussex

What kind of person will succeed in this team?

We’re looking for you to be a good communicator and excellent team player. You’ll ideally be comfortable dealing with customers directly, both over the phone and face to face. We’re looking for you to have good attention to detail in order to securely manage data and personal information.

CAE offers:

• Private health insurance

• Healthcare cash plan

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Pension scheme

• Flexible vacation policy

• Flexitime scheme

• Cycle to Work schemes

• Life Assurance

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Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.

The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.