- Pay Rate:
Up to £11.58 per hour PAYE depending on experience
- Hours per Week:
36.66 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2 months
- Oldham,
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Temporary Higher Business Support Officer/Admin - Children’s Social Care
Reference no: Oldham 0006 355A /1
Pay Rate: Up to £11.58 per hour PAYE depending on experience
This opening assignment is for 2 months
Hybrid working
To provide effective and comprehensive higher level business support by working as part of a team and through the provision of more service-specific administration duties.
Key Responsibilities:
- Send out invitations, prepare for and minute social care meetings.
- Distribute key documents to professionals and families.
- Provide administrative support, working to competing and changing priorities and demands.
- Provide an excellent level of customer service when responding to incoming telephone calls, covering reception, and working as part of a team.
- Use computer packages and internal systems and communicate with a variety of audiences.
- Securely manage confidential and sensitive information.
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
***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.
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Experience of using computer packages for word-processing, spreadsheets and databases.
- Experience of undertaking administration/clerical tasks.
- Experience of following financial procedures and monitoring budgets.
- Experience of completing tasks to deadlines, re-prioritising own work if necessary.
- Experience of following instructions, procedures and policies.
- Experience of team-working to work effectively with others and meet deadlines and goals.
- Customer service skills to deliver polite, courteous and efficient service to customers, colleagues, partners and service users.
- Use analytical skills and be resourceful to solve varied problems.
- Use initiative to respond to unexpected problems using recognised procedures and policies as a guide.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD.
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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.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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