Administration Assistant

219 Group / Marketing + Advertising + PR; South Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable care provider in South Oxfordshire seeks an Administration Assistant for a fixed term contract. The role involves supporting the Home Manager with administrative tasks, ensuring infection control compliance, and assisting with events. Ideal candidates should have experience in administration and excellent communication skills. The position offers a supportive environment and various workplace benefits including a pension and holiday allowances.

Benefits

28 days holiday

Workplace pension

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme

Discounts with Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative or reception job.
• Confident using Microsoft Office.
• Experience in handling cash and maintaining reports.

Responsibilities

• Support the Home Manager with reception and administrative activities.
• Ensure visitors follow infection control rules.
• Assist in the planning of events in the home.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Cash handling

Education

Maths and English GCSE

Job description

Overview

Administration Assistant (Fixed Term Contract 6 Months)

Location: The Meadows Care Home, Didcot, Oxfordshire

Pay Rate: £13.79 Per Hour (NVQ & Weekend Enhancements Available)

Contracted Hours: 37.50 hours per week

Shift Pattern: 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday-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.

Situated in a quiet and residential street near to Didcot town centre lies The Meadows. The home offers compassionate, individualised residential, early-stage dementia and nursing care for up to 68 residents in a welcoming, friendly and cosy environment.

What We Offer

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.

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
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and "My Rewards" programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

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. So, apply and get your career started with us today.

Contract Type: Fixed term

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary Type: Hourly

Level Of DBS Check: Enhanced

Closing Date: Tuesday, 30th September - 2025 22:55

Job Details

About this home: The Meadows, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN

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Job Functions & Industries

• Job function: Administrative
• Industries: Administrative and Support Services

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