Project Administrative Support Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Councils

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Description
Organisation

  • Dorset Council
  • Location
  • Dorchester, Dorset, Home based
  • Reference
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  • Occupational group
  • Business, Policy & Administration
  • Salary details

- £22,777 - £25,40
  • Job term
  • Full Time
  • Appointment type
  • Fixed Term
  • Contact
  • Lucy Johns
  • Contact
telephone


  • Closing Date
  • 29 January 2023

Project Administrative Support Officer -:


Dorset Families Matter:


37 hours per week:


Fixed term until 31 March 2025:


Salary £22,777 - £25,409:


Dorchester / Home working:


What's in it for you:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on the Dorset Families Matter programme.

This is a multi-agency programme responsible for delivering central government's Supporting Families agenda in Dorset and is working closely with a range of internal and external partners, to mainstream activity and embed whole family working as an approach to supporting families with multiple needs.


What you can expect to be doing:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on a multi-agency project.

We require a Programme Administrative Support Officer to work with us under the national Supporting Families' initiative, implemented locally through the Dorset Families Matter central programme team based within People - Children's Directorate at County Hall, currently Hybrid working from home and County Hall.

The programme is funded via The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).


The context of the work involves considerable liaison with colleagues from across the Children's Locality teams but also a broad range of partners including but not limited to schools, housing, health and the Police.


The team also manage a range of contractual arrangements for the commissioning of services that contribute to the delivery of the programme and pay invoices accordingly.


About you:

Qualifications/ training/registrations
Required by law, and/or essential to the performance of the role

  • Minimum of 5 GCSEs grade C or above including English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent ability.
  • Good standard of keyboard, numeracy and written literacy skills
  • NVQ 3/BTEC National Certificate or equivalent in Administration/Business studies or evidence of equivalent skill level.
Experience

  • Significant experience in an administrative role, using computerised systems.
  • Experience of producing documents to a high quality standard.
  • Experience of financial administration/budget management as relevant to the role.
  • Experience of customer care.
  • Experience of supporting projects.

Additional information:


This post is externally funded and on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2025, but with a possible extension if the programme is funded for a new phase.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people.


Contact details:


Dorset Council:

A great place to work:
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.


At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success


You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.


This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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