Communications Administrator
G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services
Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ
Salary £25,999.53 per annum
Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)
Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts, local Gym discounts and ongoing training and development
At Oakhill Secure Training Centre we look after young people aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The vulnerable young people in our care can be challenging with a wide range of social and emotional complex needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for young people to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led them into custody.
Oakhill Secure Training Centre works closely with the Youth Custody Services to ensure that its regimes and designs reflect best practice in residential care to prevent offending.
We are looking for a Communications Administrator to develop and provide an effective communication strategy, utilising a variety of resources to effectively share information.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain effective work systems, ensuring that all correspondence and documentation is dealt with in a professional manner that meets audit requirements.
- Provide some administrative services for various departments/teams upon request in order to fully support the centre.
- Attend departmental meetings to take minutes and distribute these in a timely manner
- Oversee all creative inputs on the company's communications and publications. Manage and monitor the Oakhill communications mailbox.
- Produce quarterly mandatory staff newsletters and be responsible for its distribution within the Centre.
- Maintaining a grid of upcoming communications events, opportunities and supporting the publications process. This includes being central to the Director’s communications programmes and ensuring that all relevant communication boards and monitor display are up to date.
- Working closely with the Director to produce and maintain the communications strategy for the centre.
- Assisting in the coordination of projects and programme activity across the various teams, by helping with the development of its content and identifying improvement of processes as required.
- Undertaking tasks, as required, to deliver Oakhill communications programmes, and contributing to the organisation’s broader objectives, undertaking a range of tasks as needed within a small team.
- Social media point of contact, this includes updating the website and LinkedIn.
- Supporting the production and dissemination of reports, annual surveys and other publications.
- Providing cover for the Director’s PA.
- All staff employed by G4S have the responsibility for their own Health & Safety and to their colleagues in order to assist G4S in its obligation to achieve British Safety Council Requirements at all times.
Please note that the above responsibilities are not exhaustive and we reserve the right to add relevant duties in line with the service needs.
Essential Skills
- High-level skills with google applications, including, Google Sheets, Docs and Slides.
- Able to present complex issues in a simple and straightforward manner
Desirable Skills
- Previous experience in similar role
- Experience in Research and writing newsletters/internal bulletins
At G4S, we invest heavily in our people. If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.
For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/
Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process
G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.
Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.
To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years. You will also be required to undergo DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process.