OHL Administrator

OHL Administrator - Overhead Lines

We're looking for highly organised and proactive Administrators to join our Overhead Line Teams. In this role, you'll provide essential administrative and business support, managing databases, spreadsheets, and information systems to ensure data is accurate, organised, maintained, and readily accessible. You'll produce management reports, KPI dashboards, and business performance information to support effective decision-making, while maintaining the national Overhead Line organisational report, contact lists, and associated business records.

These positions form part of a national OHL support network, serving operational and non-operational teams. Whilst each Administrator will be aligned to a specific geographical region (North, East or West), they will work closely with colleagues across the wider national OHL organisation to deliver consistent support, share best practice and provide resilience across the business. To enable effective engagement with all teams operational teams and stakeholders, successful candidates will be required to be based within the operational geographical area they support.

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement and will involve some travel, including occasional overnight stays to attend events & meetings.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to designated Overhead Line teams, coordinating meetings, managing actions, and maintaining information across Microsoft and business systems.
• Manage and coordinate complex travel and accommodation logistics for large operational teams working away from home, ensuring seamless, cost-effective arrangements that support the successful delivery of business-critical operations.
• Arrange and support meetings, working groups, and forums, including preparing agendas, recording minutes, and tracking actions through to completion.
• Manage complex diaries and schedules, coordinating senior leadership meetings, team meetings, one-to-ones, and wider communication events such as OHL All Hands sessions.
• Coordinate and distribute monthly team briefings, communications, and business updates, helping to keep teams informed and aligned.
• Organise executive and senior leadership site visits, ensuring all logistics, travel arrangements, and supporting documentation are effectively managed.
• Plan and coordinate national and local Overhead Line events, working with internal stakeholders and external providers to deliver successful and engaging events.
• Maintain and manage business information, records, and reporting structures to support investment delivery and governance activities.

What You’ll Have:

• Strong IT skills with proven experience using Microsoft Office applications and collaboration tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach, with the ability to work independently, prioritise workload effectively, and use initiative to solve problems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong customer-focused mindset and the ability to build positive working relationships at all levels.
• The ability to produce, present, and communicate information in a professional, accurate, and easy-to-understand manner.
• Outstanding organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and consistently meet deadlines.
• A high level of attention to detail, ensuring all work is completed accurately and to a consistently high standard.
• A collaborative team player who is resourceful, reliable, and committed to delivering high-quality support in a fast-paced environment.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get:

A competitive salary of £33,323.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance, and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

Further Information:

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 17 September 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 28th September 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us:

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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