Clerical Assistant (E3135)
Clerical Assistant
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a clerical assistant for one of our busy Care4CE services.
The administrator is often the first person that a customer, contractor or family member interacts with, so they are the face and voice of the service in the first instance. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, has great communication skills and is resilient and adaptable to the changing needs of the day-to-day challenges of this busy role.
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
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The role will be at Knutsford Supported Living Network which is based within the local community where we support tenants with learning disabilities.
This 25-hour post can be worked over 4 or 5 days to suit, at pay grade 4.
26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (Pro rata).
You will cover all administrative duties for the service which will incorporate the following:
- Processing annual leave, absence and payroll
- Maintaining and updating all in house systems
- Support to the Resource Manager and the Senior Supervisory team
- Ordering supplies and paying invoices
- Dealing with customer finances
- Maintaining records and payments for the lease vehicles
- Archiving of records
This is a busy service requiring skills in attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise your workload. You must have ICT skills and knowledge to be able to effectively use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
Alongside these skills you will need to be adaptable to the changing needs of the day-to-day challenges of this role.
For further information about this post please contact -Karen.spurr@cheshireeast.gov.uk or Sharon.backhouse@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk
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