Exciting New Opportunity

29 Dec 2022

We are looking for an Office Manager to be based in our beautiful Atelier near South Queensferry, outside Edinburgh. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person and a chance to join a dynamic and friendly team at Araminta Campbell, a luxury textile brand synonymous with quality and timeless design.

Office Manager Role

Location- Near South Queensferry, Edinburgh

Salary based on experience

Full-time

Start- February 2023

About the Company

Embracing traditional craftsmanship and timeless design, Araminta Campbell creates exceptional textiles that express Scotland’s natural beauty and weaving heritage. From their flagship atelier in West Lothian (just outside South Queensferry), they handcraft their SIGNATURE and HERITAGE collections of British alpaca accessories as well as offering MINTA, their contemporary interiors line and CUSTOM, their custom tweed and tartan service.

Their mission is to create articles of beauty that stand the test of time as well as helping to sustain the traditional skills, rural suppliers, and talented craftspeople of the British Isles and creating pieces that are sustainable at their core.

Supporting Scotland’s last-remaining artisan weaving mills, they offer the finest cloth for furnishings, clothing, and interiors as well as finished accessories including scarves, shawls, blankets, and carpets. Versatility sets them apart with an unrivalled range of fabrics, weights, and lengths, as well as the potential for weaving luxury fibres and finishes.

Araminta Campbell is a small and tight knit team of: Araminta (CEO and Creative Director) Miranda (Commercial Director); Sally (Marketing Manager & EA to CEO); Corine (Head of Handweaving); Ruth (Production Manager); Holley (Handweaver) and Sandra (Handweaver) and they are looking for someone to join to help continue pushing the business forward.

The Role

The successful candidate will be a key member of the team working in the Atelier as the office manager to support the team. The need to have experience of managing a varied team and show the flexibility required to work within a small business.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Office Management
• Running the day to day of Atelier team
• Managing the maintenance of the atelier
• Bookkeeping
• Working with Commercial Director on cashflow, income & outgoing payments
• Raising client invoices, processing supplier invoices and payments, day to day reconciliation.
• Logistics
• Managing the flow of outgoing and incoming deliveries and logistics across the business both domestic and international
• Stock Management
• Overseeing day to day product stock management inside & outside the business
• Branded material stock management
• HR-related duties
• updating and maintaining HR policies as needed
• managing holiday schedule
• and other HR support as required
• First Aider & Fire Officer (training will be provided).

Requirements

The ideal candidate should:

• Be a good communicator and an enthusiastic team member who can also work autonomously within their own area of responsibility
• Be a strong communicator for both internal and external business communication
• Well organised and able to manage their own workload and support others with theirs.
• Enjoy overseeing and managing a growing team to create a warm and positive work culture
• Experience implementing and maintaining software systems to increase efficiencies within the business
• Microsoft Office Suite experience
• Ideally experience of Xero and bookkeeping
• Demonstrate a flexible attitude towards supporting in other areas of the business
• Have a good phone manner
• HR experience is useful although not needed, necessary training supported
• The business is in a rural location so the successful candidate must be able to drive and have access to a car.

This position is full-time based in the atelier near South Queensferry, just outside Edinburgh and there is the requirement to be available on some weekends to support with private shopping appointments from time to time.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter to contact@aramintacampbell.co.uk.

Applications close 11^th January 2023.