Team Support

About the role:

In this role, you will be the backbone of our thirty strong Fleet Engineering team, providing essential administrative and logistical support to ensure all projects and team activities run seamlessly. Working closely with our Head of Fleet you will help to increase the team’s effectiveness and efficiency by dealing with administrative tasks on behalf of the team to ensure that everyone can make the most effective use of their time.

You will also play a key role in maintaining a positive and productive work environment by addressing team needs and facilitating effective communication. The role will also work closely with our Derby based facilities team to provide effective cover when necessary, ensuring a suitable working environment for our Derby based staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organising the diary of the Head of Fleet in a professional and efficient. Booking travel as appropriate.
• Organising complex meetings on behalf of the fleet team. This may include diary scheduling, venue organising and itinerary creation as appropriate.
• Acting as a gatekeeper for the Head of Fleet, handling all phone, email or in-person queries appropriately.
• Handling all expenses for the Head of Fleet and purchase orders for the wider team.
• Preparing document packs, presentations and board reports for the Fleet team.
• Taking minutes during major meetings and ensuring follow up actions are distributed.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven experience in a team administrative/support position.
• Experience dealing with stakeholders at the senior management level.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail and ability to prioritise multiple incoming tasks.
• Excellent core IT skills, especially with Microsoft Office applications and Outlook.

Why choose us?

As an employer we ask that all our employees follow and showcase five simple values; that we are:

• People People
• Future Forward
• Always Accountable
• Together Better
• Problem Solvers

Alongside these values we also believe our role as an employer is to empower our workforce to make self-sufficient, informed choices, giving them new experiences and helping to develop their careers.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset at Angel Trains, and this is why we invest significantly in both their professional and personal development. We have been accredited with Investors in People & Wellbeing Platinum Awards and we’ve tailored our competitive benefits offering to include:

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday allowance and employer pension contributions.
• A discretionary annual corporate bonus scheme.
• Season ticket loans, salary sacrifice cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes.
• Family-friendly and flexible working policies. We’ll strive to work around your commitments to offer you a better work/life balance.

Your physical and mental wellbeing matters to us and to support you during your career we also offer an Employee Assistance Programme, and a dedicated team of volunteer Mental Health First Aiders.

It’s a great place to work with modern offices in London and Derby (but with hybrid working), engaged colleagues, and external recognition as a “World Class Workplace”. Many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to discuss about how this could work for you.

Please note:

For an informal discussion regarding the role or a full copy of the Job Description please contact chris.hurford@angeltrains.co.uk. If you would like alternative copies of any documents or apply in a different manner please also contact Chris.  

We are not currently looking for external agency support at this time.

Deadline for submission is the 12/09/2025, however we reserve the right to close the advert before that date is reached.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Our policy is to recruit a diverse workforce and follow the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010.