Admin Officer - Children's Home
£25,802 - £27,484 per annum
Monday - Friday, 37.5hrs
Permanent
About the role
We are seeking an Administration Officer to join our Children’s Home and support our management team, providing secretarial and administrative support to ensure the service runs smoothly and efficiently.
In this busy and varied role, you will:
1. Deal with enquiries from all departments, family members and external agencies, prioritising and redirecting queries as appropriate.
2. Assist the management team to provide relevant information to regulatory bodies.
3. Arrange and attend key meetings, take minutes, circulating information as appropriate, ensuring all actions are followed through within the required timeframes.
4. Make a positive contribution to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team.
About you
You will be highly organised with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise and problem solve. As you will be the first point of contact, we are looking for someone with a friendly, positive and enthusiastic approach to their work whilst also respecting the need for confidentiality and sensitivity. Ideally, you will have working knowledge/experience of a children’s home or health and care environment. You will have good knowledge of Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
Why work for us
Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions.
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:
* 23 days’ annual leave per annum plus bank holidays – 5 service related days accrued up to 5 years
* Eligible for Blue Light card – discounts on big brands!
* Discounted gym membership
* Employee recognition scheme
* Life assurance
* Free on-site parking
* Recommend a friend payment up to £500!*
* Confidential employee assistance programme
* Fully paid for DBS
* Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)
* *terms and conditions apply
How to apply
Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.
Safeguarding
St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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