Secretarial Assistant Armagh, Northern Ireland
Job description
Armagh and Dungannon Family Resource Centre is a partnership between Barnardo's and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. We provide assessment and therapeutic support services to vulnerable children and families.
We are seeking to recruit a part-time secretarial assistant to join the administrative team in Armagh Family Resource Centre, who play a key role in the delivery of our services. The successful candidate will undertake a range of administrative duties, including a significant amount of typing and will be responsible for supporting a social work team.
The successful candidate will be required to prioritise tasks and work with a range of demands on their time.
Excellent communication and IT skills are essential for this role.
The role will include:
- maintaining records using Microsoft packages and internal recording systems.
- providing telephone / reception support.
- processing invoices.
- working with other agencies and Barnardo's projects.
Please refer to the Additional Information Sheet for this post and outline how you meet the essential criteria when completing your application.
Barnardo's offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary, 26 days annual leave and 10 statutory/public holidays (pro-rata) per annum, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts.
Location: 39a Abbey Street, Armagh BT61 7DY
Hours: 30 per week. Working pattern: Tuesday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Salary: £21,000 - £22,533FTE, (salary will be paid pro rata for part-time working).
- Starting salary is generally at the beginning of the pay band, however further consideration will be given to exceptional candidates.
Closing Date: 10th May 2023 at 12.00 noon.
Interview Date: 17th May 2023
A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months.
The successful candidate will undertake an Enhanced ANI Check.
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which should be in place by 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
