We’re on the hunt for an open-minded colleague who is collaborative and has new ideas to work at our Dover site. To be successful, you’ll need to have the drive to learn and in return we’ll offer you a career with us. You’ll need to be confident enough to be vocal with new ideas – we’re always looking for better, more effective ways of working so we love to hear your thoughts.

Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative assistance to the Crewing department.
• Organise and facilitate training courses and meetings where requested.
• Send out joining instructions for training courses and meetings and assist in producing presentations / preparing materials.
• Book travel & accommodation as required.
• Assist & attend meetings, seminars and corporate events, including arranging venues, accommodation, travel, equipment and provisions as required.
• Track, record & process expenses for the department.
• Assist in the organisation and arrangement of crew / training events, dinners and seminars.
• Must be prepared to travel on the vessels, and travel to other ports / office locations.

What you will need:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A strong administrator.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Represent the Company in a smart, professional manner.
• Customer orientated.
• Flexible approach to work, with willingness to learn.
• Computer literate – knowledge of Word and Excel are essential.

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Dover and Dunkerque / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
• Full employee assistance programme including:
• Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family.
• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more.
• Access to Thrive, our award-winning Wellbeing platform.
• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing.

Who We Are…. DFDS provides shipping and transport services in Europe, generating annual revenues of EUR 3.6bn. To over 8,000 freight customers, we deliver high performance and superior reliability through shipping and port terminal services, and transport and logistics solutions. For four million passengers, we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services. We have more than 11,000 employees, located on ships and in offices across more than twenty countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, with our headquarters in Copenhagen, and listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. In the UK, DFDS prides itself on having signed the Armed Forces Covenant and membership of the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network. We are part of the CILT Top 30 Logistics Providers List.

Interested? Apply now! If you’re looking for a varied role and have a desire to work in one of Northern Europe’s leading shipping and logistics company, please send us across your CV!