- Pay Rate:
£11.19 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
- SCUNTHORPE, Lincolnshire,
DN16 1TS
Temporary Operational Support Assistant / Admin x2 – Waste Services
Reference no: N Lincolnshire 5235198
Pay rate: £11.19 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
City: SCUNTHORPE, Lincolnshire
An Operational Support Assistant is required to provide a technical administrative service across all of Waste Services functions by providing specialist technical support as well as undertaking a full range of clerical/administration duties.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide friendly and caring support for all enquiries, including giving and receiving information for customers both internal and external, Waste Services staff, call centre staff and operatives, by phone/fax/email and face to face.
- Initiate the investigation and resolution of complaints and enquiries, however received, relating to the delivery of Waste Services by the council or its appointed agents.
- Monitor and maintain the generic email address for all waste related incoming correspondence and act as necessary.
- Input and maintain accurate records, in the MAYRISE system with details of Waste Services data.
- Interrogate and produce various reports as required.
- Assist the service area as a whole by providing the administrative function with information, reports and research which will contribute to the establishment of documents.
- Perform clerical duties for office-based staff to include (but not be limited to) word processing, spreadsheets and use of databases and bespoke information technology systems, plus filing, faxing, document distribution, archiving, photocopying and minute taking.
- Issue rechargeable accounts for recovery of finance following Commercial Waste accounts and contractor claims, including investigation to gather evidence and information to justify recharge.
- Process invoices for payment by due date to meet performance targets, by reconciling with order/delivery and entering actual costs onto the bespoke costing system and invoice details into the council e-financials system for payment.
- Establish systems for the receipting of incoming post and to co-ordinate out going communications on a daily basis.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Experience:
- Previous experience of working in an administration environment.
- Experience of dealing with members of public on the telephone or via reception including conflict complaints and dealing with telephone calls, some can be irate.
- Experience and use of different software packages, in particular a high level of expertise in word processing (Word), spreadsheets (Excel), databases (Access), Powerpoint and e-mail.
- Experience in the use of electronic financial management systems including invoicing & sundry debtors.
- Experience of database systems and reporting techniques.
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to produce accurate work.
- Ability to clearly express both verbally and in writing with a high level of accuracy and numeracy.
- Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage own workload and constantly changing prioritises to meet performance targets.
- Ability to work under pressure during and outside core working hours.
- Able to demonstrate good customer care and telephone skills including the use of diplomacy, enthusiasm, helpfulness and flexibility in work situations.
- Able to demonstrate sensitivity, confidentiality and understanding of Data Protection Issues.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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