Civic Offices, Portsmouth (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
Basic DBS check required
£14,520 to £15,252 per annum pro-rata for 22 hours (£24,420 to £25,652 FTE)
22.0 hours per week
Salary: Band 4, £14,520 to £15,252 per annum pro-rata for 22 hours (£24,420 to £25,652 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Hours:Part Time (22 hours per week, 4.4 hours per day, Monday to Friday)
Closing date:Sunday 23 March 2025, 23:59
Interviews: Thursday 3 April 2025
The Service:
The Children and Families Services helps, supports, and protects Portsmouth’s most vulnerable children and young people, enabling them to lead safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city’s Looked After Children. Going forward, the service and its Business Support function will embrace change, focus on exceptional customer care, and respond flexibly and effectively to Social Work transformational developments.
Your New Role:
You will provide high-quality administrative support within the Service Quality Team. Your duties will include booking appointments, dealing with all correspondence, maintaining files and documentation, and printing reports. You will also place orders for goods and services, administer training courses, events and conferences, and administer the collection and presentation of service performance information. You will monitor and administer PDR and supervision schedules, annual leave, TOIL and sickness information and other administrative staff support activities. You will carry out all necessary word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation duties. The role is initially fully office-based, with the possibility of some hybrid working later.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have experience of working in an administrative role, ideally in Children’s and/or Young People’s Services. You have good numeracy and literacy skills, strong communication skills, and are proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook). You have a customer focus, a determination to support service managers and practitioners, and good awareness of Data Protection and Safeguarding. You can resource and collate information, prioritise your workload, and respond to enquiries from parents/carers. You are flexible and have good attention to detail and accuracy.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached below.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Adam Lambert, Team Leader, adam.lambert@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 688 116.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/support-for-applicants/
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Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
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