administration assistant

The starting salary for this role is £24,977 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

We have a great opportunity for an Administration Assistant to join our fantastic Client Financial Affairs Team within Adult Social Care.

What we can offer you:

• 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service with the option to buy additional leave
• Agile working opportunities - your work/life balance is important to us!
• Training and Development - superb opportunities for development
• A supportive, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Car lease scheme and many more discounted life-style benefits

About the team

The Client Financial Affairs Team is a frontline team within Adult Social Care. We ensure appropriate arrangements are put in place when a person has been assessed as lacking capacity to manage their financial affairs (in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005). To do this, we liaise with external agencies such as the Court of Protection, Office of the Public Guardian and the Department for Work and Pensions.

As our Administration Assistant, you will support the team with this vital work.

Your role

Your role as our Administration Assistant will be key to ensuring an efficient administrative support service is in place, which enables the smooth running of day-to-day activities within the team. You will provide vital support the Business Support Team by undertaking specific, detailed and routine processes as well as general office duties more widely.

This is a fast-paced and varied role, but you can expect to be involved in the following tasks and duties:

• Keeping track of information
• Updating and maintaining spreadsheets and databases
• Organising meetings
• Processing invoices
• Assisting with office management tasks
• Supporting and developing a range of business processes using IT systems to build reports (using systems such as Liquid Logic, ContrOCC, Tableau- training will be provided)

You will also need to work flexibly as part of the team to meet the needs of our internal and external stakeholders.

Please note that although this position is primarily within the Business Support function, there may be a need to support the main Team with general office admin duties when required.

In your application, we would love to hear about your:

• Good communication and organisational skills
• Good customer service skills
• Knowledge and comprehension of working with spreadsheets and completing administrative tasks using Word and other IT software programmes
• Creative approach to problem solving and ability to work under pressure to meet agreed deadlines
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a busy team

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 8th October 2023.

Face to face Interviews will take place week commencing 23rd October 2023, held at Quadrant Court, Woking.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.