About the role
Bury Adult Learning Service is looking to recruit a full-time, permanent Centre and Resource Assistant. The post holder will be based at the Bury Adult Learning Centre and will be working within a busy office alongside a team of other Centre and Resource staff. Hours of work will be 37 per week, over 5 days, Monday to Friday. Daily start and end times may vary and there may also be occassional early evening or weekend work required.
The post holder will need a good level of English, maths and IT skills as the work involves a significant amount of data input, as well as dealing with some financial transactions. Excellent communication skills are also required to enable the postholder to support the learner during the enrolment process as well as supporting other staff across the service with administrative duties. The post holder will need to be able to work on own initiative in a flexible manner, however full training will be given. Experience of working in an Adult Learning setting would be an advantage, however not essential.
Bury Adult Learning is a service within Bury Council. It is externally funded by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in order to provide learning opportunities to adults. The service is based in the centre of Bury, across from the Town Hall and the Metrolink.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
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Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Alison Brooke on 0161 253 6801
Interviews will be held on tbc