Administrator
Location: Dartford
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
About Us
Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of repairs, maintenance, and regeneration services, we deliver high-quality housing and facilities solutions to both public and private sector clients. We are committed to excellent customer service, keeping our promises, creating a great place to work, and tackling the issues that matter most to people and communities.
About The Role
We are looking for a motivated and organised Administrator to join our dedicated team in Dartford. You will play a key role in supporting the operational team, ensuring smooth administration, accurate records, and excellent service delivery to residents, clients, and colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to the Operational team and Partnering Manager
- Engage with colleagues, residents, and external stakeholders professionally via phone and email
- Raise and process orders, ensuring correct certification for each property
- Maintain accurate paperwork, ensuring jobs are coded correctly and records are up to date
- Produce reports for management, including profit percentages and performance updates
- Build effective working relationships with supervisors, housing teams, and contractors to ensure efficient service delivery
- Support the team with scheduling, record-keeping, and general administration
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple priorities
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and job management systems
- A team player with a positive, proactive attitude
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Leading pension scheme
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
- Family friendly policies
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Laura Bourne ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Skills Required
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Confident communication with excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple priorities
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and job management systems
- Team-oriented, positive, and proactive attitude
- Entitlement to work within the UK
Mears Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mears Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Mears Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, plus paid volunteering time, signal a comparatively generous time-off offering. Flexible working available in many roles further supports practical time-off and balance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Retail discounts, Cycle to Work, an employee assistance line, volunteering days, and company family events add tangible non-cash value. Access to training and UK‑recognised qualifications reinforces the broader wellbeing and development offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — A stated commitment to pay at or above the Real Living Wage and the publication of pay-related reports indicate governance and baseline fairness focus. Independent snapshots also suggest many roles meet living‑wage thresholds.
Mears Group Insights
What We Do
Mears Group is a market-leading housing and care company that provides bespoke services to our clients. We provide and manage 11,000 homes for local and central Government and are also responsible for keeping 750,000 of all social housing in the UK in good repair. Mears has 6,500 employees and a footprint across the country
