Office Manager

Company: Freedman International
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Location: London
Job Description:

ABOUT YOU

We love diverse, different and delightful people. You don’t have to be a certain type to fit in. We embrace characters who bring something new and interesting, contributing to our international and eclectic blend of personalities.

PURPOSE & ACCOUNTABILITY

As Office Manager your purpose and key accountabilities are:

  • To ensure smooth operation of the office on a day-to-day basis
  • To act as a key point of contact for staff

Ideal start date: mid – end of July 2026

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Office Manager – Front of House

  • General FOH duties – ensuring office is stocked up, drinks and snacks filled up and ordered
  • Ensure meeting rooms, reception area and office are kept spotless and welcoming
  • Manage the booking of catering if required
  • Manage post, collecting and distributing all post as well as organising couriers
  • Keeping up to date with any holiday and office decorations
  • Monitor stationery stock and ordering of general office supplies including weekly shop and stocked for work events
  • Issue, program and monitor cards
  • Ensure that any facilities management issues are dealt with effectively and promptly by liaising with appropriate people/suppliers
  • Booking all travel for staff including flights, accommodation and taxis.
  • Internal comms about office updates, events, birthdays, new starters, etc
  • Arranging any gifts including staff and clients
  • Oversee and manage social events and various initiatives, including agency Summer and Christmas parties and others within the agency, promoting and communicating as appropriate
  • Act as a fire warden for Freedman
  • Oversee the office cleaning, maintenance and security support, acting as first point of contact for any issues
  • Help to set and monitor budgets for all expenditure associated with the running of the office and the provision of general office supplies
  • Onboarding to new starters and leavers
  • Support across teams
  • Support CEO in diary management
  • Manage meeting rooms, internal workshops
  • Update office artwork, furniture, decorations

HR Support

  • Prepare and issuing documentation for new starters including offer letters, contract, reference check, checking visa requirements
  • Help support with payroll, logging overtime, leavers and joiners
  • Keep all records up to date, any staff changes, risk assessments
  • Onboarding new joiners by adding required documentation to the company server, setting them up on the HR portal and giving an induction
  • Preparing and issuing documentation for leaver including leaver letter with official last date, holidays owed or over, HR portal maintenance, server document maintenance
  • Keeping Company Policy documents up to date and circulating amongst staff
  • Preparing salary change and promotion letters for staff, adding these to the server, updating the HR portal

Posted: June 11th, 2026