About the Business

With 35 years local experience, Modo Flooring are your trusted flooring supplier in Gisborne. The business is continually growing and now is looking for an Office Assistant to join the team.

About the Role

This role could be a stepping stone towards a larger Administration position.  Initially learn essential day-to-day office tasks required to run the business successfully, then progress to helping the team with their work to learn further skills and grow your role.

Benefits and Perks

• Some flexibility in work hours, varied duties with the opportunity to grow the role

• Work within a professional team with high standards who will appreciate a like-minded workmate

• Great salary in a well-established local business with career prospects

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Initial daily duties will include –

• Job invoicing

• Loading documentation into the accounting system

• Collating spreadsheets and invoices to cost work completed

• Process all documentation to accurately invoice out work completed

• Ensure all work has been invoiced

• Answering telephones and ensuring customers in the store have been attended to by a salesperson

• Ensuring the store is tidy and all displays are welcoming to customers

Great delivery of these tasks could lead the successful candidate to a more senior position.  As you learn your new role, you will be acquiring product knowledge and understanding of how this business operates.   In doing so, your role can grow and lead you to a senior and responsible career.  Your work attitude and ability will open the opportunities available.

Skills and Experience

• Proven successful office skills and experience

• Use and understanding of Accredo would be an advantage, or experience in other advanced accounting programs

• Understanding of business and accounting principles and/or educational qualification in this area

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to get alongside staff tactfully to achieve required results

• Ability to see the “big picture” and work with other departments to attain shared goals

• Honest, hardworking and loyal

• Attention to detail, accuracy and the ability to work well under pressure

• Ability to learn processes of the Administration of the business to provide succession planning for both your future and future administration team members

• Team player and willing/capable of working alongside staff when there is a heavy workload

• Ability to prioritise jobs to ensure important comes before urgent

• Able to provide solutions to issues quickly and effectively

• Take and use initiative

• Prepared to be accountable

• Quick Learner

• A willingness to gain basic product knowledge to assist in the understanding of job processing.

A proven excellent work track record is required, and two work referees will be requested to progress your application.
The successful candidate will be asked to undertake a drug and alcohol test and police vetting.
To Apply for this Role

Please send your CV  Office@qpl.co.nz  with the subject line Office Assistant.

There are no visa/sponsorship opportunities available with this role.  Applications from those who are legally able to work in New Zealand will be considered.​​