London (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
No DBS check required
£30,000 - £39,999
PARTTIME
Salary: £34,580 (Pro rata for part time posts)
Location: Children’s Centre & Family Hubs (with travel to other council/voluntary/statutory agency offices or venues)
Contract Types: 2 x Full time Fixed Term/Secondment (12 Months) 36 Hours &
3 x Part time Permanent (1x 18 hours Mon-Wed, 1x 18 hours Wed-Fri, 1x 29 hours Tue-Fri)
Closing Date: Sunday 10th November 2024 at 23:59
Interview: TBC
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is a great opportunity for an experienced administrator to join our Children’s Centre & Family Hubs team. To assist Business Managers in providing a high-quality administrative service to a busy and demanding Early Years multi-agency team. May include administrative support to weekend services after 5pm.
You will be based in Children’s Centre & Family Hubs acting as first point of contact delivering excellent customer service to both our internal and external customers. Your key duties will include providing a welcoming professional reception service, accurately entering, monitoring and updating data on various in-house systems including MOSAiC, EIS and, SystmOne, supporting the administration of activities and programmes in the engagement of families, administering office procurement systems using Oracle finance and Excel including; placing, receiving and receipting orders; checking payments have been made; and the processing of nursery fees and contracts using ASH.
You will also have the opportunity to showcase your clerical skills by supporting in other administrative duties, such as minute taking and assisting in and contributing to meetings and events.
We are recruiting for 5 Administrative Officers who will be based at Camden’s designated Children’s Centre & Family Hubs, with travel to other council/voluntary/statutory agency offices or venues.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.
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All About You
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
To be considered for this role its essential the successful candidate is fully proficient in MS Office packages, including Outlook, Word and Excel and has previous experience working with sensitive, confidential data in a professional manner.
The role of Administrative Officer will provide you with the opportunity to use your organisational and planning skills to deliver first class administrative support to the team.
You will have excellent front of house experience working in a busy reception area providing outstanding customer service whilst efficiently multi-tasking administrative duties.
You will work well as part of a team sharing workloads and demonstrate excellent communication skills as you will be liaising with different stakeholders, including internal and external suppliers ensuring a good working relationship. Your effective verbal and written communication skills will demonstrate an ability to resolve challenging situations and complex queries, working with a range of individuals including children and vulnerable adults. .
You will have excellent timekeeping skills and be able to work accurately and efficiently to deadlines. Flexibility will be required as you will be expected to work from multiple settings and may on occasion be required to attend out-of-hours events. A positive, proactive mindset and the ability to take initiative are crucial for being productive in this fast-paced environment.
If you are proactive, reliable and dedicated to delivering your very best for the people of Camden we’d love to hear from you.
What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Interest free loans
- Access to our incredible staff networks
- Career development and training
- Wellbeing support and activities
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bi.