Administration Assistant

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Burnham; On-site; GBP 1,482,000 - 2,111,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Workplace pension

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Lent Rise House in Burnham is seeking an Administration Assistant to support the Home Manager with reception, admin and basic finance tasks. You’ll be the first point of contact for enquiries and help coordinate infection control and testing requirements.

Responsibilities include coordinating couriers, admin tasks and helping plan events in the home, with a focus on resident comfort and safety in a dementia-care setting.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative or reception role.
• Confident using Microsoft Office.
• Experience handling cash and keeping reports up to date.
• GCSE Maths and English Level minimum.

Responsibilities

• Provide reception and administrative support to the Home Manager.
• Ensure visitors follow infection control rules and coordinate testing requirements.
• Coordinate couriers and related admin tasks.
• Assist with planning and managing events in the home.
• Interact warmly with residents, visitors and staff in a caring manner.

Skills

Reception

Administrative duties

Basic finance

Microsoft Office

Cash handling

Education

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

Location: Burnham

Pay rate: £13.04 per hour

Contracted Hours: Relief

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll support the Home Manager with a full range of reception, administrative and basic finance activities to ensure the Home runs smoothly. Often the first point of contact for enquiries, you’ll demonstrate a professional and welcoming manner to all those who visit, live and work in our homes. You will be responsible for ensuring that all our visitors follow the infection control rules in force at any given time, also taking the lead on coordinating any testing requirements, organising couriers and associated administrative tasks.

Our homes are fun, so you’ll also assist with the planning and management of events that take place in the home, including celebrating residents’ milestone birthdays, fetes, employee presentations or other activities planned by our Activities Coordinator.

Located in the heart of Burnham, close to Slough and Maidenhead, Lent Rise House offers high-quality nursing care for older people, including those living with dementia. Our focus is on delivering person-centred support in a warm, inclusive and homely setting. We also offer respite stays for individuals or carers in need of short-term support, all within a modern home designed for safety, comfort and wellbeing.

AND IN RETURN

Here are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our team:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• A workplace pension
• Free DBS
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

ABOUT YOU

You will have previous experience from an administrative or reception job and confident using Microsoft Office. In addition, you’ll have experience of handling cash and keeping reports up to date. Ideally you will have your Maths and English to GCSE level. But most importantly you will be comfortable in an elderly care setting, able to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner.

This is a busy and varied role, so you’ll need to be efficient and organised and happy to use your initiative to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner. And as the first person who many of our visitors will speak to or see, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

If you think you have the right skills and attitude to deliver the highest quality of care for our residents as an Administrator within our care homes, then you could be next to join us.