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Administrative Officer (Ref: 2024_792)

County Hall, Newport, Agile and home working

Grade 5, £24,293.00 to £24,702.00 per annum

Contact: For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Hunter at 01983 821000 ext. 6878 or Rebecca.Hunter@iow.gov.uk.

Vacancy Reference: 2024_792

Closing Date: 04/04/2024

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 per week (Job share would be considered)

 

 

A rare opportunity has arisen for the Adult Social Care Integrated Learning Disability and Transition Team to appoint an Administrative Officer to provide a full range of administrative duties and support to our busy adult social care team.

 

This role is available as a full-time position or we would consider a job share.

 

The role involves providing administration support to the team including, producing high quality minutes for chair approval, facilitation of various types of meetings including MARM, MDT, safeguarding, management of room booking, coordinating attendees to attend in person or hybrid, capturing outcomes decided during the meeting.

 

Participation in the wider administrative team rotation and duties to include petty cash reconciliation, general procurement processes, including small purchases and reconciliation.

 

It is an agile role that will include working from Home and County Hall as you will support the team with administrative tasks such as printing and posting correspondence in line with the local authority's data protection policy.

 

You will be required to organise and minute confidential and sensitive meetings to a high standard. These meetings will contain complex information, therefore proven minute taking skills are essential. You will gather and analyse data, have excellent IT skills with a good knowledge of a variety of IT packages, including Excel.

 

The role requires you to review and implement new systems within the service as well as work closely with the team members and the group manager, so being able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing is essential.

 

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Hunter at 01983 821000 ext. 6878 or Rebecca.Hunter@iow.gov.uk.

 

You will be required to take part in the Out of Hours Stand-by Duty Rota as and when requested by management.  Standby and call out duties are paid in accordance with the IWC Terms and Conditions 2012 document.

Please click here to view the Isle of Wight Council’s Care Close to Home Strategy.

 

When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:


-  Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!

-  Local Government pension scheme

-  Discounted Solent ferry travel

-  Island bus network discount

-  Cycle to work scheme

-  Staff parking permit scheme

-  Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership

-  National and local discounts & benefits schemes

 

For some vacancies (subject to criteria)

-  A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available if you are specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a new role with us

-  If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible to have some travel costs reimbursed

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

If you have difficulty completing your online application or if you need further information about how to apply, telephone 01983 823134 or email callcentre@iow.gov.uk. Please note only applications completed and submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. If unsuccessful, we actively encourage you to revisit our job pages and apply to alternate posts that may be suitable.

 

 

Closing Date: 4 April 2024

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