Administration Assistant

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Wheatley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Higher weekend rates (delete for Oxon)

Workplace pension

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Blue Light Card

My Rewards programme

Job summary

Wellford Gardens Administration Assistant role in Wheatley. You will support the Home Manager with reception, administration and basic finance tasks, ensuring the home runs smoothly and visitors are welcomed.

You’ll handle infection control coordination, testing, couriers and event support, while maintaining professional communication with residents, families and staff. Experience in admin or reception, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and comfort in an elderly care setting are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative or reception role.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience handling cash and maintaining reports.
• GCSE Maths and English at minimum.

Responsibilities

• Support the Home Manager with reception, admin and basic finance tasks.
• Be the first point of contact for enquiries.
• Coordinate infection control and testing requirements.
• Arrange couriers and other admin duties.
• Assist with in-home events planned by the Activities Coordinator.
• Provide a warm, safe environment for residents and staff.

Skills

Reception skills

Microsoft Office

Cash handling

Communication

Education

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Job description

Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

Location: Wellford Gardens, Wheatley, OX33 1ND

Pay rate: £14.54 Per Hour

Contracted Hours: 40 Hours per week

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.

Wellford Gardens is our first luxury new build incorporating all-inclusive in the comfort of luxurious surroundings. It will include en-suite bedrooms, fresh air ventilation, acoustic monitoring, landscaped gardens, private dining, hair and beauty facilities, cinema, lounge and sun terrace. The home is located just off the A40 on Park Hill in Wheatley. Wellford Gardens is a three-storey home with 65 bedrooms, offering residents round-the-clock residential and dementia care. The home design includes innovative new technologies including E-care and providing person centred care with many personalised options.

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
• 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.