We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and professional administrator to join our team as an Area Administrator on a permanent, full-time basis (37.5hrs per week). Your office base will be at the Doncaster and Barnsley office. Your hours will be Monday – Friday but there may be a degree of flexibility around working hours to suit the ideal candidate. We are looking for someone who holds the same values as Mencap and can provide day-to-day administrative support to our teams, with an enthusiasm for developing digital ways of working.
We are currently in the process of reviewing our salaries. The salary for this role will be increased to a minimum of £22,425 pro rata per annum with effect from 1 April 2023.
This is a varied administrative role, supporting a team of service managers and an Area Operations Managers. Your duties will involve ensuring the smooth running of the office and operations including coordinating and reporting on information and data in a timely manner. You will also be supporting and monitoring business processes including recruitment, human resources, payroll, training and IT.
The successful candidate would also need to have accurate minute taking experience.
It is important that you can work in a fast-paced administrative role. Lots of flexibility in your approach to work is crucial, as you will be managing multiple tasks at any one time. You will be someone who is competent and self-motivated, with fantastic verbal and written communication skills. You will have good computing skills in Microsoft Office packages, excellent verbal and written communication skills in a pressurised setting.
Please check you have all the following before applying: -
- Two year’s previous proven administration experience
- Excellent typing and computer skills in all Microsoft Office packages
- Proven experience of minute taking and verbal dictation.
- Office management experience including use and collation of office credit cards,
- Proven experience of drafting letters and reports in line with company policy
- Proven experience of supporting a management team or equivalent
- Willing / able to occasionally travel to other locations in order to support with minute taking or other tasks, although some are done over MS Teams.
Joining Mencap can be the continuation of a fantastic career for you. Upon joining you will also be able to access our wide range of benefits packages which would be accessed through our ‘Mencap Extras’ portal.
In addition, you will also be able to access a number of development opportunities delivered by our award winning Learning & Development team.
If you are looking for that next exciting challenge and the opportunity to develop and shape the next stage of your career we would love to hear from you.
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Job ID: 28314