Support Officer - London, United Kingdom - Islamic Relief

Description

Support Officer - Corporate Services

Location:
London


Contract Type:
Permanent


Hours:
Full Time


Salary:
£25,163 plus £4,000 London Weighting per annum


Closing Date:
Tuesday 18 July 2023

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 39 years.

With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

In the UK, IRW has a partner whose main role is to raise funds, raise awareness, carry out advocacy and support domestic programmes:
this partner is called Islamic Relief UK (IRUK).

Islamic Relief UK (IRUK) is actively recruiting for the position of 'Support Officer - Corporate Services' on a full time, permanent basis to be based from its Waterloo Office, London.

The organisation is currently operating to a hybrid working model.

The purpose of the role is to provide a comprehensive administrative and office management support to the Head of Corporate Services and the department.

To establish and maintain effective communication with all departments/units and between offices and other functions of IRUK where relevant.

Provide support to Corporate Services activities and projects and to help ensure effective delivery of corporate services strategy and work plan.

Experience

• Substantial experience working as an Administrator/PA providing support to a Head of

Department / senior manager.

• Demonstrable experience in attending and minuting managerial / executive meetings and

assisting with the production of reports.

• Proven experience of working with budgets and strategy and maintaining financial records.
• Proven experience of diary and correspondence management.
• Experience of successfully providing full administrative support to a busy department

including collating, monitoring and disseminating information to stakeholders.


Skills:

• Excellent organisational and administration skills.
• Strong written communication skills necessary to draft letters, minutes, reports and other

documentation.

• Strong verbal communication with an excellent telephone manner.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence to deal with people at all levels.
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work in a changing environment and respond to

different demands with a sense of urgency.

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge and understanding of using relationship management database software.
• Numerate and literate, with a good standard of education.
• Good understanding of the NGO sector.

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PLEASE NOTE:
Interviews are expected to take place on 27/07/2023.


Pre-employment Checks:

- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- receipt of satisfactory references


Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages.

IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct.

We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

• Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer_

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£14,274.32-£60,329.03 per year


Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
• Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in London


Reference ID:
SOCSL/0723