Mowbray Day Centre
Administrative Assistant
37 hrs per week (fixed term) to 31/03/2025
Band 2 Salary £24,796.00 - £25,185.00
The Mowbray Day Centre offers adults with learning disabilities opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people and develop confidence and self-esteem.
The service is open Monday to Friday each week and Service User travel from home each day to attend and take part in a range of group and individual activities both in the day centre and community.
We are looking for a motivated and caring individual to provide reception and admin support to the service and to assist management in the smooth and efficient day-to-day running of the service.
As the Administration Assistant you will play a key role as the first point of contact for service user and visitors arriving at the day centre.
Responsibilities
The role will involve a range of tasks which include:
* Dealing with telephone enquiries
* Raising orders
* Processing invoices
* Maintain financial records
* Handling petty cash & banking
* Maintain a register of attendance
* Maintain financial records for charges for meals and transport
* Minute taking
* Maintaining electronic records
* Carrying out customer satisfaction surveys
* Raising repairs
* Other general administrative duties including photocopying, archiving and filing
Qualifications
You will have experience of working in a customer focused environment, dealing with members of the public in person, over the phone and communicating effectively.
You should have good organisational and IT skills and be committed to delivering excellent customer service.
Some experience in a similar workplace role and possess an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a business-related discipline is essential.
Contact
For an informal discussion about the role please contact the Manager of the service Peter Douglas by email: peter.douglas@northumberland.gov.uk or by telephone on 07966325132.
Benefits
* 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
* Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
* Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
Equality and Diversity
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
J-18808-Ljbffr