Administration Officer

St Helens Council; St Helens; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking council as an Admin Officer in Children’s Social Care, where your organizational skills will shine. This role involves providing essential administrative support, including managing meetings and maintaining critical data. You'll work in a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion, ensuring that every child's needs are met with care and dedication. If you're motivated, organized, and ready to make a difference in your community, this opportunity is perfect for you. Be part of a team that is passionate about transforming lives and supporting families in St Helens.

Benefits

Well-being in work

Financial benefits

Learning and development support

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work under pressure and within allocated timescales.

Responsibilities

• Provide administration support across Children’s Social Care.
• Administer and minute meetings, maintain databases and spreadsheets.

Skills

Organisation

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Time Management

Teamwork

Initiative

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Job description

We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support, our communities and our workforce. As part of our transformation journey, we continue to build on our progress and put children firmly at the centre of our care. We can only do this because of our highly valued, skilled, and supported workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as An Admin Officer within Children’s Social Care

St. Helens Council is looking for a highly motivated and organised person to join the busy Business Support Team. Your main role will be to provide administration support across Children’s Social Care, duties will include administering and minuting meetings, maintaining databases and spreadsheets to record and monitor data and financial information.

This post is an opportunity for a self-motivated individual who possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills and has the ability to liaise with customers, managers, colleagues and other agencies. You must have the ability to work within allocated timescales and will be expected to provide office cover within the team along with other colleagues. You must also have a proven ability to work under pressure in a team environment, possessing the ability to use your own initiative.

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here.