Administrative Assistant

Admin Assistant

About us and the role

An exciting opportunity has risen for an individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join the Warwickshire County Council as a substantive post. This post is based at Brunel House, The Railings, Woodside Park, Rugby CV21 2AW under the Section 75 Agreement working within a multidisciplinary team with the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

The post holder will play an important role within the wider Admin Team to provide efficient and comprehensive administration support to clinicians and managers. You will work within an integrated and skill mixed Admin Team across the buildings to support clinical service delivery within Mental Health Directorate. Admin Support staff are vital members of the team providing administrative support to clinicians and managers and supervising the day to day workload of Band 2 Admin support colleagues.

We will require a well organised individual who is able to empathise with our service users and be able to deal with sensitive enquiries in a confidential manner. Knowledge and experience in customer care would be an advantage.

Applicants will need to be computer literate in Word, Excel and Outlook with excellent accuracy in data input. You must have the ability to multitask, manage and prioritise own workload and be able to work on both your own initiative and as part of a team. Experience of minute taking and audio typing would be an advantage.

We are looking for individuals with a positive approach to change who are supportive of service improvements and able to build effective working relationships, be approachable and accessible with a flexible approach to work.

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who wishes to pursue an administrative career in the Warwickshire County Council.

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Additional Information

For an informal discussion or for further information please contact Charlotte Nye on 07818561772 or email charlotte.nye@covwarkpt.nhs.uk or Jeanette Lyons on 01926 413941 and email jeanettelyons@warwickshire.gov.uk.

To apply for this vacancy please click on the ’Apply’ button.

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

If you are unable to apply using the ’Apply’ button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. Seemore.j