- Pay Rate:
£16.82 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
35 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 10-11 months
- Morden, London,
SM4 5DX
Temporary Conference Record Taker/Administrator – Resources
Reference no: Merton 5235944
Pay Rate: £16.82 per hour PAYE
35 hours Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 10-11 months
City: Morden, London
Hybrid working – 3 days in the office
Proven minute taking skills and experience are essential for this role.
A specialist minute taker is required to assist in the provision of flexible, proficient and confidential minute taking and administrative service within Children, Lifelong Learning & Families Department, dealing with extremely sensitive and highly confidential information, within established policies and procedures and to strict deadlines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and attend multi-agency Child Protection Case Conference and Review meetings.
- Take and produce clear, relevant and accurate records of decisions and recommendations, and minutes of complex child protection meetings, within preset timescales and deadlines.
- Circulate, via agreed secure electronic methods, decisions and recommendations and minutes.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of and apply complex internal processes and procedures in relation to the administration.
- Record and update case information on a range of workflow spreadsheets, used to track the progress of cases throughout the system and identify, raise and resolve, issues around missing data, incorrect data or missed deadlines as necessary
- Input, interrogate and extract information from a range of specialist databases and spreadsheets, including ICS, Probase and Viewpoint, acting in accordance with Data Protection Act principles and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Maintain and apply an up to date knowledge and understanding of systems and protocols relating to child protection issues
- Liaise with professional colleagues and members of multi-agency groups to obtain detailed and accurate information, essential to the meeting and decision making processes.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Minimum RSA Stage 2 Typing or Word processing OR NVQ Level 2 in Business & Admin.
- GCSE Level English Grade A-C.
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Admin or equivalent.
Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Experience of working in an administrative setting for a minimum period of 3 years including previous experience of taking formal written minutes, on a regular basis and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Extensive experience of using spreadsheets, databases and word processing packages routinely the workplace.
- Minute taking skills and experience are essential for this role.
Skills & Abilities:
- Able to carry out a variety of working practices and apply complex regulations, rules, procedures and processes, within pre-set timescales.
- Ability to work under stress and when meetings are arranged at a very short notice.
- Able to demonstrate excellent written skills and draft documents in a logical and accurate manner.
- Able to deal with and accurately record sensitive information relating to children which may be distressing and/or disturbing.
- Able to work on own initiative and manage the competing demands by effective self management, motivation and prioritisation.
- Able to identify, extract and summarise key information provided in meetings in the form of minutes, records etc.
- Able to implement, maintain and manage accurate information retention systems both manual and computerised.
- Ability to adopt a process of continual improvement and suggest ways of working more efficiently and effectively to improve service delivery.
- Able to arrange events, manage diaries and service meetings, producing agendas and minutes.
- Able to communicate sensitively and in an appropriate manner which considers the diverse needs of our communities.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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