Total 65 Administrative / Clerical job vacancies in Ramsgate, Kent

We are supporting our Dover based client in their search for a Customs Clearance Clerk, this is a great opportunity to join a well established team.

This is a full time permanent role that is based on shift work over a 7 day period (includes days, nights and weekends)

The main purpose of the role if to maintain customs formalities and complete customs entries for customers.

Duties include:

• Data input and generating the correct documentation
• Completing customs clearance and entries for all shipments
• Dealing with queries over the phone and by email
• Build a strong rapport with both customers and colleagues

Requirements:

• Experience of customs clearance/forwarding would be preferred but it is not essential as full training will be provided
• Strong written and verbal communication is essential
• Able to work effectively alone or as part of a team
• Proficient with IT software such as MS office.
• Flexible to to shift work (This is set in advance - 4 week rota)

Salary: Negotiable (dependent on experience)

Are you an experienced customs professional ready to take on a new challenge?

Manpower Logistics are recruiting for a skilled Customs Clearance Clerk to join a forward-thinking logistics company in Dover.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in the dynamic world of international trade and stays ahead of industry changes.

Key Requirement: CDS Experience - No CHIEFs!

Proficiency with the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is essential for this role.

What You'll Do:

Master CDS for seamless import/export customs declarations and clearances
Prepare and complete import/export customs declarations and clearances
Monitor emails and responding to any customer queries
Customs import/export entry checking
Troubleshoot customs-related issues with your in-depth knowledge
Ensuring you remain compliant and up to date with all HRMC laws and regulations

What You'll Bring:

Proven experience with CDS (minimum 6 months)
Sharp IT skills, especially in customs-related software
Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal
Adaptability and eagerness to learn in a rapidly evolving field
Strong team player mentality

Perks and Benefits:

• Competitive salary: £24,500 - £27,000 per year
• Casual dress code for a comfortable work environment
• On-site parking

Work Schedule: Days only - phew.
Flexible rotating shift pattern, including one weekend day per month:

• Sunday - Friday: 08:30 - 17:30
• Monday - Thursday: 08:30 - 17:30
• Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 18:00
• Tuesday - Saturday: 08:30 - 17:30

If you're passionate about customs clearance and have the crucial CDS experience we're looking for, we want to hear from you!

Apply now to join a growing team in Dover playing a key role as their new team member.

Job Title: Legal Secretary

Location: Tunbridge Wells (Close to Public Transport)

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:15AM - 5:30PM (with 1.5hrs break)

I am seeking a motivated Legal Secretary to join my clients Probate Department. If you have experience with probate and wills, this is a fantastic opportunity to further your career in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide secretarial support to solicitors and legal executives.
• Ensure smooth document flow within the department.
• Type legal documentation from handwritten notes or digital dictation.
• Manage file organisation, including opening, closing, and filling documents.
• Handle scanning, emailing, faxing, and photocopying, including preparing trial bundles.
• Answer phone calls, manage new enquiries, and take messages.
• Organise internal and external meetings for fee earners.
• Support other secretaries across the firm as needed.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent IT skills, particularly Word (Powerpoint and Excel are a plus).
• Strong telephone communication skills.
• Interest in legal matters with an understanding of confidentiality.
• Well-organised with a careful and conscientious approach.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good time management and the ability to work under pressure.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Training as a Legal Secretary or relevant qualifications preferred.

What is Offered:

• Competitive Salary.
• Convenient Office Location near Public Transport.
• Friendly and Professional work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and development.

If you are a proactive and detail-orientated individual with a passion for legal work, we want to hear from you. Apply Now by following the link or simply send your CV directly to the email address provided below.

CVs in Word Format to: z.rawlinson@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk
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Role Station Support Team Member - Administration Role

Hours Full time 37 hours per week. Part Time Considered

Salary - Up to £14.74 per hour

Location - Dungeness B Power Station

Roles & Responsibilities

• You will be working as an integral part of a multi-disciplined team, reporting to the Station Support Team Leader. The role involves learning one of the numerous disciplines within the team, be it Work Management, Document Management, Corrective Action Programme, or one of numerous others. Eventually, you may also have the opportunity to learn a second role, enhancing the flexibility that is central to the ethos of our team. Additionally, you will be carrying out general admin duties within the Station Support Team, supporting both the team and the wider station where necessary.

The Candidate

• You will be an exceptional communicator, possessing the influencing skills imperative to making this role a success. You will have the confidence to challenge others and raise concerns, and willingness to interact with employees at all levels of the organisation, including senior management. Your confidence will mean that you are able to work well on your own, as well as being able to work with your immediate peers and the wider Station Support Team. You will be engaged about administrative processes, and willing to continuously improve them through peer forums, in addition to displaying a keen attention to detail, imperative due to the nature of the business.

Key Tasks

• Entirely dependent on your given discipline/s, but could range from printing work order cards to compilation of monthly fuel stock reports, from checking and approval of document revisions to working with our Engineers to close out actions placed upon them. We have a really diverse range of responsibilities!
• Training to a high proficiency in company systems frequently used by our administrative teams: Asset Management System, Business Objects, etc.
• Working to defined procedures and policies; Departmental Instructions, Company Specifications and established templates and forms, to name a few.
• Responsibility for progressing and updating your own training plan, with the support of an experienced mentor in your given discipline/s.
• Eventual responsibility for updating and improving written instructions and procedures linked to your discipline/s.
• A range of other administration duties as directed by the Station Support Team Leader.

Key Skills

• GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade 9-4 / A-C), or equivalent.
• Intermediate-level skills in Microsoft Office suite of programs, especially Outlook, Word and Excel. Full training will be given on company systems (AMS, Business Objects, etc).
• Keen attention to detail.
• Communication skills, and the confidence to use them to challenge, prompt and coach where appropriate.
• Open, honest and trustworthy due to the sensitive nature of the business.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work both alone and as part of a team.

Manpower UK is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Great Legal Opportunity!

Seeking experienced Legal Secretaries to join well-established law firm on a full time, permanent basis. You will be providing secretarial services to executives and solicitors within the Probate department.

The role

• Ensure all documents and correspondence are received in and out of the department.
• Type up legal documents; hand-written notes or by transcribing digital dictation.
• Scan, email and fax correspondence and documents.
• Opening and closing files and filing all relevant documents.
• Photocopying including preparing trial bundles.
• Answer the telephone, routine calls and taking new enquiries and messages
• Manage the Fee Earners diary, organising internal and external meetings

Skills

• Must have experience working in probate or family
• Highly organised
• Confident with Microsoft Office platforms
• Team player and able to work independently
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Numerate and literate
• Word processing skills

Benefits

• 27 days' holiday + 1 day extra day at Christmas
• Annual salary review
• Performance Related Reward Scheme
• Hybrid working
• Life assurance scheme x4 Salary
• Pension
• Buy/Sell Holiday scheme
• Health-care Cash Plan
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

CVs in Word Format to z.rawlinson@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk

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Your new company
My client is a leading Top 10 Firm with a fantastic reputation across the professional sector. Their service to clients is award-winning by an excellent team with deep knowledge providing both compliance and advisory services. Their approach is very proactive, building relationships with their clients, ensuring that they are delivering to their needs accordingly. They are looking for a qualified tax professional to join their unique team, dealing with a portfolio of UHNWI, business owners, directors of PE backed businesses and asset managers. The culture of the firm is very collaborative, with an open-door policy, communal work spaces and are a sociable team.

Your new role

• Deliver excellent client service by maintaining client relationships
• Manage a portfolio of personal clients with complex tax affairs, focusing on non-UK domiciled individuals, HNWIs, and some trusts
• Day to day responsibility for meeting both client and compliance deadlines, monitoring time limits and elections
• Liaise proactively with clients on advisory matters
• Assisting Partners in, and where appropriate, lead tax planning projects such as non-domicile issues, onshore and offshore trusts (and other structures) and, capital gains and inheritance tax issues
• Manage HMRC enquiries and LDF related matters and dealing with HMRC correspondence of both compliance and advisory nature
• Responsible for billing and monitoring budgets
• Review compliance and basic advisory work prepared by more junior members of staff
• Assist with managing junior members of staff including helping them with technical and personal development
• Engage in personal business development activities and support business development activities of the team

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified tax professional, ACA, CTA, STEP or equivalent. Experience within professional services such as accountancy or legal firms is a must. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to grow relationships, ask questions of clients, provide alternative solutions and scenarios to clients to cover all bases and have a proactive approach to advisory work.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a salary depending on experience up to £85,000. Hybrid and flexible working options available with 2 days working from home. My client works in an excellent office, equipped with a pool table, table tennis, communal eating facilities, excellent grounds to the office for lunchtime walks through gardens and a 10 minute walk to the centre of town.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Hays are currently recruiting for a Ocean export freight clerk for our client based in Maidstone, Kent. This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to join a growing business.
Monday to Friday
8:30am - 5pm
Salary
£28,000 - £30,000

Required experience:
- 2-3 ocean freight experience.
- Knowledge of LCL and FCL services as well as CNS, Destin8 and Sequoia.
- Excellent with standard software packages, such as Work, Excel, and outlook.

Duties:
- Ocean exports from start to finish.
- Direct reports.
- Markets served North America / Far East / India / Australia.

If you are interested, please call James on 01622 235691 or send your CV

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Legal Secretary - Vulnerable Client

We are recruiting for an experienced Legal Secretary to join our Vulnerable Client team. Based at both our Whitstable and Canterbury office, you will have previous experience of:

Electronic diary management, booking rooms and arranging meetings;
Telephone liaison with clients and firm's contacts;
Using digital transcription system, Bighand, to create letters, emails and documents;
Using a case management system for wills and probate matters;
Photocopying and scanning documents;
Maintaining orderly electronic files - keeping electronic filing up to date;
Attending occasional client meetings and accompanying fee earners on home visits when required.

Experience required:

An experienced Vulnerable/Private Client Secretary;
A working knowledge of Microsoft Excel would be useful but not essential;
The ability to interact sensitively with clients, face to face and on the telephone;
Fast accurate typing with attention to detail;
Ability to work as part of a team;
Flexible attitude.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Hays are currently recruiting an Ocean export freight clerk for our client based in Aylesford, Kent. This is a fantastic opportunity for a successful candidate to join a growing business.

Monday to Friday
8:30am - 5pm

The salary is £25,000 - £30,000 per year.

Required experience:
- 2-3 years ocean freight experience.
- Knowledge of LCL and FCL services as well as CNS, Destin8 and Sequoia.
- Excellent with standard software packages, such as Work, Excel, and outlook.

Duties:
- Ocean exports from start to finish.
- Direct reports.
- Markets served North America / Far East / India / Australia.

If you are interested, please call James on 01622 235691 or send your CV

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Purchase Ledger needed in Dover!

We are recruiting for an experienced Purchase Ledger to join a team in Dover on a temporary basis for around 3 months.

Previous purchase ledger experience is essential, along with intermediate excel and communication skills. SAP experience is also beneficial for this role.

Duties include:

• Ensure invoices are entered to the system and suppliers paid in a timely manner
• Reconciliation of goods in, goods receipt account and supplier statements
• Checking and processing credit card returns
• Invoice entry
• Support with cash allocations
• Handling expenses
• Assist in preparation of payment runs
• Ad hoc financial duties

For any further details please contact New Appointments Group on 01304 227722.

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Insurance Sales Executive (Motor & Personal)

This role is based in Ashford and may require some travelling to meet local prospects. This is a Monday to Friday, 9-5pm, role (35hrs pw) with an hour lunch break. The salary range is £20-24k per annum, depending on experience, and comes with these benefits:

• 26 days holiday + bank holidays (after probation you can buy or sell 5 days)
• Birthday off
• Health Shield - Cash back plan
• Death in Service
• Free parking at all offices
• Friday fruit delivery
• 1 or 2 annual company trips a year

We are looking for someone to support the business strategy by delivering on personal sales targets for the relevant product line, maximising sales opportunities and ensuring customers receive the highest level of customer service.

You will be required to acquire and maintain knowledge of all current insurance products, contribute to the building of the new business sales pipeline by providing excellent customer service, taking inbound calls, providing quotes and securing sales. You will also deliver personal sales targets by planning, developing, and delivering sales opportunities in the relevant product line, as well as cross selling, introducing financial services products to existing clients and prospecting new clients. Plan and implement effective sales and marketing initiatives, offer excellent customer service, while demonstrating high values of trust and integrity.

It is an essential requirement of this role that the candidate has their own transport and a full, clean, UK driving licence.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A proven track record in highly driven and ambitious targeted sales role.
• Proven track record delivering excellent customer service
• Effective and professional verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Good IT skills especially Microsoft Office
• Good maths and problem-solving skills
• Able to manage own workload and able to work effectively under pressure
• Great team working, build relationships through positive behaviours, honesty, & integrity.
• Focus on continuous improvement, able to use own initiative
• Commitment to quality & compliance with procedures/regulations
• Own transport & full UK driving licence

Desirable attributes would be:

• Experience in a regulated environment
• Knowledge of insurance sector
• Proven track record in insurance sales
• General insurance qualifications
• Experience using Microsoft Dynamics

The role is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and CCJ checks.

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We have an immediate requirement for an experienced PA to work within a very busy and challenging role in the Thanet area on a temporary basis.

This will be working within an educational sector and working on a one to one basis with the principal. You will be looking after their e-mails and calls coming in and will deal with these in a timely and effective manner. You will liaise with internal and external bodies and be required to manage diaries and carry out a wide range of administrative and supportive tasks.

You will need to have previous PA experience and be used to working in a pressurised environment. Experience of the public sector or education would be an advantage but not essential.

You will have good all round PA skills and be an excellent communicator with the ability to deal with a wide range of people and tasks.

The hours of work can be flexible and the client would consider part-time over 5 days or full time up to 37.5 hours.

This will be with an immediate start initially up until early August.

The role is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

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Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all.
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We've got a great opportunity for a full- time long term temp role within Ashford Kent, to join a fast-paced office, working as part of the admin team.

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If you are interested in this position, please apply below

HRGO are seeking a Trainee Customs Clearance Clerk for our Client based in the Dover area. Good analytical and excellent organisational skills are essential, and you must work in a methodical manner and be able to respond effectively to enquiries. This role will suit a candidate that has an interest within the transport and customs clearance industry. Full training and support will be given for this position.

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  Calculating Duty / VAT cost for each consignment

  
  

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  Processing Import/Export declarations

  
  

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  Dealing with general enquiries from importers / exporters concerning all areas, relating to Customs Procedures, Tariff Classifications, Duty Rates and any other documentation requirements

  
  

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  Keeping up to date with changes in regulations, laws and customs procedures

  
  

Hours are based on shift rota of 60 hours one week, days and nights and 24 hours the week after days and nights

This is a full time , permanent position and day shifts. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a successful and professional company. If you feel you have the relevant experience, then please apply with an up to date CV. If you have not been contacted within a week, you should assume that you have been unsuccessful at this time.