administration assistant

The starting salary for this position is £23,243 working 36 hours per week.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Administration Assistant to join our fantastic Adult Social Care team at Surrey within Specialist Mental Health Services to be based either in Epsom or Woking.

In this post you will be a key member of the team supporting frontline social care practitioners with a variety of tasks linked to specialist Mental Health Services. This post will be aligned to supporting teams along with other admin roles.

This role will be to primarily support the team with managing and analysing some of our safeguarding data, supporting general admin tasks and dealing with telephone enquiries. You will need to have a flexible, mature approach, be well organised and able to work under pressure, on occasions to tight deadlines. You may be required to travel to other sites in Surrey to support operational functions.

To be considered for shortlisting for this role your application should evidence:

• Excellent administrative skills
• A passion for customer service and a desire to support both the team and wider Surrey residents
• A sound knowledge of IT packages such as Excel, Word, and databases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Note-taking and minute-taking skills

You will have previous experience of working in a busy office environment and have the ability to work as part of a team, within existing working protocols and procedures whilst being proactive and using your initiative within the scope of the job role.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on Tuesday 04/04/2023.

Interviews will take place on 13/04/2023.

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

Our Values

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit the advert on the Surrey CC Jobs site.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.