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Temporary Children’s Business Support Assistant/Admin
Job Ref: Cheshire W 5250005
Pay Rate: £12.00 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Proven minute taking skills and experience are essential for this role.
The post holder will provide business and administrative support within Children’s Social Care. At each level the post holder will be expected to undertake any other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade which will assist the Directorate in meeting its objectives or contribute to the post holder's personal development.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide general administrative support including photocopying, filling, scanning, minute taking, developing and utilising standard letters and pre-formatted documents, PowerPoint presentations and reception duties to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of supports to ensure service needs are met and business levels maintained.
Manage the respond to all enquiries to ensure prompt accurate communication standards are met and maintained. That up to date, accurate and relevant information is provided so that enquirers can be informed in their decision making.
Input to and update service and customer data bases ensuring that the accuracy and integrity of the information is maintained. Retrieve and extract data in the form of summary reports, excel spreadsheets or word documents so that managers and external organisations and agencies can be assisted in their decision making to enable them to control budgets.
Respond to feedback about performance in a positive and sympathetic manner identifying potential areas for improvement to systems, functions and activities and referring to an appropriate supervisor or manager ensuring quality standards and service needs are met and business levels maintained.
Organise and assist in service and business process reviews and projects to ensure managers are supported in their planning to implement, streamlined, cost effective services.
Undertake activities connected with supporting the work of the team ensuring they are properly operated to achieve optimum efficiency and effectiveness.
Assist the service in delivering business processes, reviews and projects to ensure managers are supported in their planning to implement, streamlined, cost effective services.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
A minimum of 5 GCSE’s grades A-C, or equivalent including Mathematics and English.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Knowledge, experience and awareness of work procedures necessary in administration / finance.
To input / monitor spreadsheets, perform word processing tasks, communicate via e-mails and input / update databases.
Able to take minutes, organisational skills, confidentiality,
impartiality and initiative.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: Cheshire W 5250005
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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