Senior Administrative Assistant
Grade E £27,269 - £30,060 per annum.
Contract: Permanent, Full-time.
Role specifics Level 4 Business Administration or a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar position
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The Role
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated, enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Administrator to work across School Meals and Building Cleaning, under the direction of the Services for Schools Manager.
You will be responsible for finance, personnel, and a wide range of office-based administrative functions and clerical tasks to ensure the smooth running of the service on a daily basis.
Responsibilities include income recovery for over 100 Service Level Agreements and contracts and update and maintain manual and computer records and management information systems. You will also manage, input & extract data and information necessary to produce relevant reports as requested.
About You
The role requires someone who can work on their own initiative and has good organisation and administrative skills. Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal. Confident with using a range of IT programmes. Experience of working with large data sets and with an eye for detail.You will need to be a team player who is able to multi-task effectively, motivate and support others, demonstrating a commitment to achieving the best for the service. Good numerical skills and knowledge of finance is desirable.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes.In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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