Grade: D scp6 £ 25,989 to scp11 £ 28,142
Contract: Permanent 37 hours per week
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
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The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Administrator to join the ‘Bolton Family’ and be part of our administration team supporting Adults Social Care. The position offers a varied and engaging workload.
The role is vital in ensuring the smooth running of services. You will work closely with Managers, Health Professionals and Social Workers and link with other members of the administrative team. Working with partner agencies to create an environment where multi-agency practice is strong. You will join a committed team who are proud of the service they deliver to achieve their potential.
Duties include handling queries from professionals and the public, signposting to relevant teams, and supporting the Admin Team Leader or Administration Manager with administrative task management.
You will coordinate the distribution of mail and manage ordering, receiving, sorting, and delivery of goods and services. You will also contribute to the organisation of activities, resources, and events, including travel arrangements and meeting venues.
Financial duties include receipting, recording, monitoring, and processing payments in accordance with policies and procedures.
A key aspect of the role is arranging and attending multi-agency meetings and events, where accurate and efficient minute-taking is essential. Additionally, you will support and maintain the use of information systems to ensure service continuity.
About You
Applicants must be able to arrange and take comprehensive minutes at conferences or multi-agency meetings.
You should have experience working in an administrative capacity or office environment and demonstrate strong communication skills to present information clearly both verbally and in writing.
The ability to work independently as well as part of a team is essential, along with effective organisational skills to plan, develop and prioritise tasks.
Excellent literacy skills are required to accurately collate and process information using software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
You must be able to produce well-presented documents and demonstrate the ability to handle cash, record and monitor payments in line with financial procedures.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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