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We are recruiting!

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Data Entry Clerk/Administrator
West March Systems Ltd - Bury St. Edmunds
£14,625 a year

We are recruiting for 2 Data Entry Clerks/Administrators commencing 4th September 2017. Both vacancies are on a fixed term basis for one year with the prospect of extending.

Reporting to the Office Manager, your day to day responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Client Data entry
  • Telephone answering
  • Some financial accounting
  • Oral and written communication
  • General administration

The successful candidates will be computer literate with proven Microsoft Excel and Word skills and will be involved in General Administration, repetitive Data Entry and following processes. We are looking for people who have strong administrative skills, a high level of attention to detail and are able to maintain confidentiality at all times – the company will pay for a DBS check. You should be able to demonstrate the following relevant skills:

  • Proficient typing skills
  • Excel and Word skills
  • General Administration
  • Computer skills and a knowledge of relevant software packages
  • Good literacy and numeracy skills
  • Organisational abilities
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • A polite phone manner
  • Able to work on your own
  • Good customer service skills

In return for the above, we can offer:

  • Company Pension
  • Sick pay
  • Paid holidays
  • Training and development
  • Supportive and enjoyable working environment

Job type: full-time

Salary: £14, 625.00

Please note that we will be relocating in October to within 30 minutes’ drive of Stowmarket.

Please send a CV and covering letter to: Mrs Terri-Ann Perkins, Office Manager, West March Systems, St Francis House, The Anderson Centre, Olding Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3TA. Closing date: 12th July. Interviews to be held on the 18th of July.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £14,625.00 /year

 

Where does West March Systems get its name from?

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If you ever wondered where West March Systems came by its name read on….

Hadrians Wall looking east towards Broomie Lough from Hotbank Crags on a misty morning.It’s mid-November, harvest-time has been and gone; the leaves are browning and the first real storm will strip the branches bare beckoning forth colder, shorter, foggier days; Winter is coming. In times past this would have been the middle of reiving time, roughly between Lammas Tide (1st August) and Candlemas (2nd February). All along the borderlands between England and Scotland in late-afternoon, with the light fading and the misty gloom gathering, groups rode forth to steal (reive) and bereave in cross-border raids before returning to their homes along little known moorland paths with their plunder.

Bright Cloudy Sky over Cumbrian Hills, Lake District UKBefore the Union of the English and Scottish Crowns in 1603, and even before the border between England and Scotland was largely agreed in 1237, the area between England and Scotland was a lawless land with raids and retaliation taking place largely with impunity.

Something had to be done to ring the area to heel and in 1249 the two crowns agreed to establish Marches Law which was to apply on the occasions that England and Scotland were not at war with each other.

Along with the new law new areas were created where the law would apply, three on either side, and so the East, West and Middle Marches were conceived. Each March had a warden appointed whose main job was supposed to enforce Marches law along with the normal laws of the land; Common law in England and Scots law in Scotland. In practice the wardens applied it as they saw fit and to their own best advantage so nothing really changed and the raiding carried on for the next 350 years or so.

Carlisle Castle HDRAnd the name? All the directors were born in Cumberland, soon to be Cumbria,  and the March on our side of the border was controlled from Carlisle Castle. We wanted a company name that had some local and personal meaning without necessarily seeming to be local. As you may have guessed by now, the English March for our part of the border was the West March and hence the name.

 

LEARNING SOMETHING NEW: OUT WITH THE OLD????

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We had never considered having an apprentice in the past but developing and growing our business means we need to inject some ‘new blood’ into our workforce. James is 17 and has proved to be both an asset and a breath of fresh air to WMS. His new young ‘take’ on technology, innovations and positive attitude have made the rest of us long to be young again…….!! Despite some negativity from the older generation regarding young people we have been pleasantly surprised by his ‘head down’ attitude, commitment (and he makes great cakes!!). We have seen James gradually gaining confidence in his abilities and taking on projects which he can call his own and we’ve learned how to be ‘down with the kids’!! Well done James!