Administrative & Data Support Specialist

St Helens Council; St Helens; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helens Council is seeking a capable administrative professional to join its education outreach administration team. The role focuses on supporting services for children and young people with diverse needs, handling data, coordinating meetings and agendas, and ensuring smooth daily operations within a small team.

You will contribute to safeguarding compliance, GDPR adherence, and effective communication across partners, while learning about curriculum adaptation and office software tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in frontline or office administration, with a focus on customer service.
• Knowledge of GDPR and safeguarding requirements.
• Strong organisational and communication skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Offer great customer care to service users
• Adhere to GDPR, safeguarding and other legislation
• Create positive working relationships with team members and wider staff
• Collate agendas, attending meetings, taking notes and actions for others
• Use a range of Microsoft Office apps, including Excel
• Interpretating and manipulating data
• Using a financial procurement system
• Provide advice, support and guidance to others on a range of administration skills
• Managing your time, solving problems and finding positive solutions

Skills

Customer care

GDPR compliance

Team collaboration

Time management

Data handling

Microsoft Office

Excel

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

Job description

St Helens Council is seeking a capable administrative professional to join its education outreach administration team. The role focuses on supporting services for children and young people with diverse needs, handling data, coordinating meetings and agendas, and ensuring smooth daily operations within a small team.

You will contribute to safeguarding compliance, GDPR adherence, and effective communication across partners, while learning about curriculum adaptation and office software tools.