Avnet

Business Admin Support Specialist

Leeds, United Kingdom Full time

Farnell

Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.

Business Admin Support Specialist

Location: Leeds (LS12) – Hybrid working

Our element14 community team in LS12 are currently recruiting a Marketing Support Specialist (performing as a Business Administration Support Specialist) to work within our element14 community programs team. A thriving global network of electronic design engineers, makers, and technology gurus. Our community website enables members to connect, cooperate, share knowledge, and explore the latest innovations in electronics and emerging technologies.

Job Summary

The Business Administration Support Specialist plays a key role within the element14 Community team, supporting the day‑to‑day delivery of global community programmes that connect and empower engineers, makers and technology professionals around the world.

Working collaboratively with our marketing team, you will provide administrative support for the team within our Global Electronics and Engineering Community.

Key activities that you will be involved in include managing contracts for Video Content Creators, budgets for community collaborators and promotions, product ordering and delivery, compliance checks, and competition prizes shipments. You will also be responsible for supplier community reporting, program tracking and specific content creation and management.

This role offers flexible, hybrid working, giving you a balanced approach between home and office, alongside the chance to develop your skills within a global marketing function and work on engaging community‑led programmes with real impact.

Office located in Leeds – The role is remote/hybrid and office based 3 days a week

What’s in it for you:

  • The chance to support a global community of engineers and technology specialists
  • Hands‑on experience across international marketing and community programmes
  • A varied role with exposure to content, reporting, budgets and programme support
  • Close collaboration within a supportive, globally connected team
  • Work that helps enable innovation and knowledge‑sharing in engineering

Along with offering a competitive salary package, we also offer:

  • Pension scheme (matched up to 8%)
  • Health Care Scheme (Simply Health)
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy additional holiday
  • FREE Onsite Parking
  • Flexible home working
  • Cycle to work Scheme
  • Reward schemes

What will you be doing?

• Provide administrative and organisational support to our program managers.

• Maintain a small team’s budget tracker.

• Purchase and ship items to global team members and members of the community.   

• Organise and troubleshoot shipping and logistics of packages.

• Collaboratively support the processes of reporting on programs.

• Support team members with our online competitions.

• Oversee the tracking of external marketing activities.

• Join collaborative ideation calls to further marketing activities.

• Engaging with a large online electronic public Community 

• Other duties as assigned.

What about you?

You’ll be someone who enjoys working in a structured yet creative environment and is comfortable supporting multiple activities at once. You’ll bring strong organisational skills and a collaborative mindset, along with:

  • Strong administrative and organisational capabilities
  • A proactive approach to problem solving with attention to detail
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team
  • Confidence communicating digitally within a technical or professional community
  • Experience working internationally using tools such as Microsoft Teams, Email, Office 365 and SharePoint
  • Solid presentation skills and confidence sharing information with wider audiences
  • Experience using project management or workflow tools (such as Workfront or Gantt charts)
  • An understanding of targeting content to encourage participation and engagement
  • Experience collecting metrics, feedback and analytics, and identifying trends and engagement levels (for example using Adobe Analytics)

Desirable:

  • Experience in copywriting
  • Familiarity with HTML

If you enjoy working in a collaborative environment, supporting community‑driven programmes and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply now and your application will be reviewed and considered.

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.


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