Office Administrator

About us

Midsummer is a fast-growing company selling a range of renewable energy products, primarily to installation companies, from our offices in Cambridge and Dublin. We sell solar pv systems, battery storage, electric vehicle chargers, heat pumps and a variety of other associated products, and were recognised as the UK's best renewables distributor for 2020.

Founded in 2005, we’re now on our 6th warehouse, process around 14,000 orders a year and have a team of 43 people across the UK and Ireland offices. In addition to our growing gang of friendly staff and a lean, efficient operation, we have a suite of web tools that make design and ordering extremely easy. In fact, the software itself (easy-pv.co.uk) is also something we promote and sell internationally too. 

As an organisation, we have a strong environmental ethos and a passion for promoting the uptake of renewables, and our team share a belief in an open and honest approach to business. Find out more about our story, purpose and how we make sustainability, integrity and innovation central to what we do here.

The role

This is a full-time, permanent position in Milton, Cambridgeshire (but for the moment you'll be working from home due to COVID restrictions). You will work alongside the Accounts Administrator and operations team to make sure that the day to day administrative tasks run smoothly. This will include invoicing orders, logging purchases, reconciling payments, ensuring other aspects of record-keeping and reporting are up to date, assisting with credit control, and helping with HR and payroll tasks. It will also involve ensuring office and warehouse supplies are well stocked, coordinating cleaning and waste management contracts, and helping to make sure everything is in order for VAT returns.

It’s a busy office handling a lot of enquiries, so the role is likely to involve some customer interaction too, and dealing with enquiries or routing them to the right department

What you'll get:

• A varied work-life balance and an insight into all the workings of a business
  
• £23-26k depending on experience and qualifications. The Company also operates a discretionary profit-share scheme for long serving employees, which can add significantly to basic salary.
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• A friendly office environment
• Enrolment in the company pension scheme

The ideal candidate

You'll be committed to a creating a sustainable future and passionate about clean energy, and want to work for a company that makes a difference.

You'll be someone who can organise their time well, can see what needs to be done and gets it done. You need an eye for detail, a methodical but efficient nature and the ability to work to deadlines. You'll have capable computer skills and be comfortable with basic accounting.

You'll have a natural, friendly and professional manner with customers, both on the phone and over email, and get on well with colleagues.

Prior experience of administration or office management would be an advantage but is not essential – flexibility, initiative and an ability to learn new skills quickly are more important. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.