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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
* Job Title: Senior Administrator
* Job Location: Quayside House
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Closing Date: 14/08/2024
* Job Requisition Number: 9657
* This post is not open to job share
Would you like to work in a role which is both meaningful and rewarding, where you really feel that you make a difference?
About Us
This is a great time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as Children’s Social Care is on an exciting journey, focusing our approach into being more creative, strengths-based, and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make a Difference’ to our local communities.
We are an agile working organisation with a combination of office-based working and working from home (essential equipment is provided). We place a high premium on diversity and inclusion, as well as health and wellbeing, and we offer a flexible working scheme based on business need. We offer Continued Professional Development and will support you to develop your skills and career prospects within Children’s Services.
About the Role
We have an opportunity for an experienced business support administrator to join us as a Senior Business Administrator for the Social Work Academy in Children’s Social Care. The Social Work Academy is the centre for learning and development of our Children’s Social Care workforce, supporting new starters and recruitment pathways into social work. The successful candidate will work closely with the Business Administration Lead and another Senior Business Administrator.
Duties will include:
* Lead on admin support for a portfolio of allocated programmes related to learning or recruitment (e.g. ASYE, Students, International, Year 2, Systemic etc.).
* Deliver an all-round level of support for the programme activity, including arranging events, managing bookings, tracking attendance or completion of activity (using Learning Management System), and development and preparation of learning materials.
* Support the setup of new starters, including students, who are part of the programme.
* Support the evaluation and feedback of the programmes to inform developments and improvements.
* Undertake any other key duty related to the programmes or running of the Academy.
About You
You will have proven leadership and administration skills, with evidence of strong IT and communication skills. You will demonstrate a flexible approach with the ability to manage your workload to meet deadlines. You will be very organised and able to handle competing priorities. If you think this is the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you. Why are you perfect for this role and what will you bring to our team?
In return we will offer you:
* Regular formal and informal support.
* Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
* Access to relevant training and career progression.
* Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
* Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
* Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).
Please note: if an employee on the council's redeployment register applies, their application will be considered first.
Additional Information
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Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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