Admin Assistant - Level 5 (Admin Officer)

Admin Officer, Fixed Term, Full time - Adult Services

The successful candidate will be responsible for line management and supervision of South/Central locality admin staff who support Adult Services, reporting directly to the countywide Service Manager and with additional management support from the countywide Admin Manager.

Manage a team of support staff, delegating work appropriately, providing clear guidance and motivating staff to achieve service objectives and quality standards. Respond to and ensure implementation of delegated duties from Senior Management, chasing up as necessary.

Manage the induction, appraisal, training, development and performance of the team acting as coach and mentor as necessary. Assist with recruitment process for hiring new staff.

Actively contribute to budget and project planning processes, monitoring progress against plans throughout the year with a view to achieving set business objectives.

Develop, implement and maintain management information systems that support the aims of the service and the organisation.

Manage and operate information systems such as service, client or asset records, booking systems and reference materials in a manner that ensures accuracy, confidentiality, rapid access and ease of use.

Individually and as part of the team provide general office support; filing, handling mail, dealing with callers/visitors, filing, photocopying, collation, maintaining and issuing stock in accordance with corporate and service standards.

Pro-actively assist with more complex support work to investigate, collate, record, manipulate, extract and distribute data in accordance with predetermined boundaries or as instructed.

Provide support for specific professional, service led or high profile projects as directed.

Maintain local and impress accounts in accordance with Financial Regulations.

Undertake any other duties and responsibilities consistent with the nature, level and grade of the post.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details

The role within the District Admin – Adult Services department, is as follows:

Line Manager(s): Natasha Thompson – Countywide Service Manager

Claire Hunt – Countywide Admin Manager (Deputy)

• A good general education demonstrating numeracy and literacy.
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a business/administrative related discipline
• A relevant typing or IT qualification i.e. RSA Level 3, ECDL, or equivalent
• Considerable experience in a similar role covering a broad range of support tasks and procedures in a large complex organisation.
• Previous experience of effectively supervising staff is desirable.
• Advanced IT skills and extensive experience in using office applications on a personal computer.
• In order to meet the requirements of this post it is essential you are a car driver.
• You must be able to meet the physical demands of the role as well as adhering to GDPR and Data Protection Act.
• You must have the ability to work outside normal working hours if the role requires.

Contacts: Natasha Thompson & Claire Hunt - 01670 536400

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• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

-Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

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