Senior Team Administrator - Woking, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Woking, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The starting salary for this position is £26,080 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

Surrey County Council's 'Children, Families and Learning' (CFL) directorate provides a range of highly specialist services to vulnerable children and young people.

Services are delivered directly to children and their families within extensive statutoryframeworks.

Staff working in these areas need specialist knowledge in order to deliver effective services to these high risk and high need groups.

We are looking for a full time
Senior Team Administrator to work in a varied and interesting role within the CFL Directorate.

As an experienced administrator, you will directly support the Fostering Service with their complex and confidentialwork which will require a wide range of proven administrative experience.

The Senior Team Administrator will be expected to play an instrumental role in the delivery of the service and make a positive contribution towards improving the lives of children in Surrey.

You should have sound knowledge around taking minutes, be comfortable enteringdata and formulating statistical reports and be a confident communicating with others.

You will be highly organised, willing to take responsibility and use initiative. You will also be confident in setting your own priorities and meeting deadlines.

You will make sure that everything is in place to guarantee that all runs smoothly for the processeswhich you support and, as a Senior Team Administrator, will guide others to ensure daily workflow is completed to timescales.

Excellent interpersonal skills are essential along with a high level of written and oral communication skills.

You will have experience of working with highly confidential information in a customer/service focused environment and have the ability to workunder pressure and to tight deadlines.

A solid background in administration, with strong minute taking skills
Experience of working in a busy environment
Experience of managing workflow and/or leading more junior staff
Excellent customer service and communication skills
Confidence, organisational skills and ability to implement a proactive approach to their work
Excellent IT skills and proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and MS Teams

This role is offered as an agile working opportunity.

The successful applicant will be required to attend the office a minimum of two days per week, or as other specified by the discretion of the line manager for the proper completion of their duties.

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Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 2nd January 2023 with interviews to follow.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years'service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme.

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