Administrative Assistant (Thornycroft Centre) Pontefract, England
Job description
Job Title: Administrative Assistant (Thornycroft Centre)
Job Type: Permanent, part-time
Hours: 22 hours per week, Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday – Thursday 8am-2pm.
Salary: £13,827 per annum, pension, and other benefits
We are recruiting an experienced administrator to work at our social centre in Pontefract to provide a comprehensive administrative support for the Centre. This role has a wide range of duties which include dealing with service users both in person and telephone enquiries, maintaining systems, records and processes to a high standard to facilitate the efficient running of services.
This role will support and maintain accurate administrative systems within the Centre including recording and monitoring of activity, payments (inc. cash handling) from clients, dealing with client referrals from individuals for the Centre or the organisations personal welfare service and will also help to prepare paperwork to support client enquiries and home visits.
Experience in a busy office environment is essential along with excellent IT skills, strong organisational and time management skills and excellent communication skills.
You will be dealing with members of the Centre in person and over the phone so a good understanding of confidentiality and ability to deal with sensitive issues is essential and experience of working in social care or a charity would be advantageous.
A good standard of general education is needed along with basic office skills as this role will form part of the established administrative team within the office.
Due to the nature of the work and our client base, this role will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
It would be beneficial if you have a qualification in administration such as NVQ level 3 in administration.
For internal applicants, please complete an Expression of Interest Form available on PeopleHR and send to the HR email address.
For external applicants, please submit your CV with a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the role - please request the HR email address.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 22 per week
Salary: From £13,827.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Ability to commute/relocate:
- PONTEFRACT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
