Administration Assistant

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Coleshill Heath; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Weekend pay rates

Workplace pension

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

You will support the Home Manager with a full range of reception, administrative and basic finance activities at Digby Court, Bourne. As the first point of contact, you’ll ensure visitors follow infection rules and help coordinate testing and courier arrivals.

You’ll also assist in planning events, feel part of a caring team, and work in a busy elderly care environment that values warmth and kindness toward residents and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative or reception roles and proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Comfortable handling cash and maintaining accurate reports.
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide reception and administrative support to the Home Manager.
• Coordinate infection control and testing logistics, organise couriers.
• Assist with events within the home and support activities coordinator.
• Maintain clear communications with residents, visitors and staff.

Skills

Reception

Administration

Cash handling

Communication

Education

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

Location: Digby Court

Pay rate: £13.82

Contracted Hours: 30

0830-1430, 090-1500Monday to Friday

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.

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

Located in the Lincolnshire town of Bourne is Digby Court offering compassionate residential and respite care for up to 35 residents. The home is situated in a quiet residential area, but still close to the centre of the historic market town of Bourne. The town provides a comprehensive range of shops and amenities, all of which are within easy reach of Digby Court.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development. Alongside keeping our colleagues safe with PPE and daily testing

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

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Higher rates of pay at weekends (delete for Oxon)
• 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.