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At Consensus we love what we do – supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. If you are as passionate as we are about helping people to lead and enjoy their lives and you want to make a difference every day, then this may be the job for you. We are an award winning team and we are looking for people with a big heart and who want to lead a team to achieve great things for the people we support.

Position: Administrative Assistant – 24 Hours per Week

Salary: £13,800 per annum

Location: Colchester, Essex

About Your Role

• Be the first point of contact for general HR related queries.
• Maintaining the HR inbox and fielding emails as required.
• Process and respond to reference requests in a timely manner.
• Prepare letters and contracts for any changes to terms and conditions of employment as requested by the HR team.
• Provide general administration support to the HR department as required including preparation of letters, filing, telephone answering, scanning, photocopying and maintaining a weekly fire register etc.
• Undertaking general administration duties, to include taking minutes at HR meetings from time to time when the Company requires.
• Supporting with HR related meeting management and letter writing as and when required
• Update HR documents and policies on the Hub as required and requested by the HR team.
• Support with starter and leaver processes which includes liaising with payroll and supporting with the completion of letters as required.
• Support with the pre-exit interview process. Filing the document, adding information to the tracker and flagging to relevant Manager if termination details are not on Fourth.

Our Benefits

• Life assurance benefit of twice annual basic salary
• Holiday Purchase Scheme – Purchase an additional two days annual leave each year
• Wagestream – Avoid bank fees and withdraw up to 40% of your wages as you earn them before payday via the Wagestream app.
• Comprehensive induction and excellent training
• Recognition Awards, including long service awards
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Refer a friend scheme – Receiving up to £500 per referral
• Employee benefits platform providing discounts at over 150 retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme, confidential telephone counselling and legal advice
• Health & Wellbeing portal

Next Steps

• Once you’ve applied you’ll have a call with our dedicated in-house recruitment team to find out more about the role.
• You’ll then have an interview scheduled at the service and have your chance to go down and meet the team.
• If you are successful we’ll go through an Onboarding Process obtaining a Free DBS Check and References.
• You’ll then start with our 3-day online induction with our dedicted Learning & Development team prior to returning to the service to continue your growing career at Consensus.

Our Values

We employ people who share in our values so we can ensure the highest standards of support for the people who live in our homes, their families and the commissioners we work with.

• Choice & Respect, Ambition & Imagination, Reliability & Professionalism
• Honesty & Integrity, Responsibility & Accountability, Inclusive & Supportive

If you enjoy working as part of a team, are patient and caring with a positive attitude and are looking to join a growing organisation with great benefits, we would love to hear from you. You may be new to care, already have experience in the social care sector or the NHS as a Mental Health Support Worker, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistant or Care Assistant. Want to hear more about the role? Call our dedicated in-house recruitment team on 01206 417573.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”