Are you a proactive, organised, and people-focused professional ready to take the lead in a dynamic support environment? Buro Happold is seeking a Lead Group Coordinator for a 12-month fixed-term contract to help drive excellence across our Engineering Support Team.
The role will be based at our HQ in Bath with hybrid working.
About the Role
As Lead Group Coordinator, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our support services run smoothly and effectively. You’ll manage a team of Group Coordinators and Admin Assistants, support their development, and work closely with senior stakeholders to align team goals with company strategy.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role, influence team performance, and contribute to the success of our engineering teams across the UK.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and manage support staff, including performance reviews and career development
- Coordinate team resourcing and ensure consistent support across offices
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members
- Oversee administrative processes including document formatting, bid submissions, and travel arrangements
- Facilitate internal communications, meetings, and events
- Champion continuous improvement and self-development within the team
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in administration and team support
- Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); InDesign knowledge is a plus
- A confident communicator and natural problem-solver
- Passionate about people development and team leadership
- Adaptable, resilient, and proactive in driving change
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional. #LI-TG1 #LI-Hybrid
Apply today and be where exceptional is everywhere. #
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.