Army Education Admin Assistant Colchester, England
Job description
About the role
At Sodexo we know how important our fantastic family of Administrators are – keeping our site running smoothly, and we have a fantastic opportunity for an Administrator to join our prestigious Colchester garrison.
Being the go-to administrator for our team, you’ll be super organised and assisting with a variety of things from supporting at reception duties to finance, invoices and payments, responding to email/phone calls.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.
A few things about you
We want you to bring your can-do attitude, flexible approach to working and your great reliability with you when you join us. Don’t forget to bring you excellent attention to detail and good communication skills too!
Being a team player is important, but you’ll also need to be able to work well on your own! Previous experience in a similar role would be ideal, but if you have great people skills, we’d love to hear from you!
Sodexo embeds a strong Safety culture in everything we do. There’ll be company procedures to follow alongside our Health & Safety practises so it’s vital that you’ll champion this.
Main responsibilities
- Assist the Officer Tutor (OT) with any other Officer Education courses or administrative tasks as required.
- Provide course loading advice to Service personnel.
- Update and record learner records on Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) and Microsoft SharePoint databases as required.
- Maintain effective communication with Colchester Garrison’s individual Unit Career Management departments.
- Complete data returns for Educational and Training Services
- Assist the group Admin Manager to maintain Land Forces Personal Information Asset Register.
- Place routine online stationery orders.
- Provide assistance and cover to the Centre Administrator and Receptionist as required and when directed by Headquarters.
- At the direction of relevant Authority Personnel perform general duties
- To continue to develop one’s own skills and knowledge within the position, including any required training courses
Essential
- 5 GCSEs Grade C or equivalent NVQ Business Administration Level 2
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work to tight timeframes
- Good IT skills (Microsoft Office)
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with military IT systems.
- Knowledge and experience of working within a military environment.
Why choose Sodexo?
You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.
What do we mean when we say belong?
It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.
A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process
Our benefits:
As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life and health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefit that you can tailor to suit your needs and help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo.
- 20 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- 5% pension contribution
- Sodexo Discounts from over 1,200 top retailers
- Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family
- Cycle to work
Package Description
Interviews will be held on site, face-to-face, on Wednesday 22 February 2023
- 37 hours per week
- Monday-Thursday 8:00-16:30
- Friday-8:00-13:00
- £9.78 per hour
- Secure free parking available on site
- Pension scheme provided by Legal & General
- Full protective uniform supplied
- Full training provided
- Sodexo discounts and rewards hub
- Unconditional support, recognition and growth opportunities
