Team Administrator

Gloucestershire County Council; Tewkesbury; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Team Administrator for a part-time role in Tewkesbury. This position supports the Children and Families Social Care Team, offering a meaningful opportunity to make a difference in the community. You will engage in various tasks, including managing communications, preparing documents, and coordinating meetings. The organization values diversity and inclusion, providing a supportive environment for professional growth. If you possess strong IT and communication skills and are ready to contribute to a dynamic team, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata)

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Staff discount scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Cycle to Work scheme

Links to employee networks

Qualifications

• Excellent IT and communication skills required.
• Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with telephone enquiries and taking messages.
• Preparing documents and updating spreadsheets.
• Booking meetings and processing finance requests.

Skills

IT Skills

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Teams

SAP

Liquid Logic

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Team Administrator
• Job Location: Tewkesbury Borough Council Offices
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 06/05/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11112
• This post is not open to job share

Would you like to work in a role which is both meaningful and rewarding, where you really feel that you make a difference?

About Us

This is a great time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as Children’s Social Care is on an exciting journey, focusing our approach into being more creative, strengths-based, and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make a Difference’ to our local communities.

We are an agile working organisation with a combination of office-based working and working from home (essential equipment is provided). We place a high premium on diversity and inclusion, as well as on health and wellbeing. We offer a flexible working scheme based on business need, Continued Professional Development, and will support you to develop your skills and career prospects within Children’s Services.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Team Administrator to join us on a part-time basis (18.5hrs p.w). Mon to Wed (job share). This role is to support the Tewkesbury Children and Families Social Care Team. These teams work within Gloucestershire County Council’s Children’s Services, focusing on Children in Care, Children in Need, and Child protection. We have 5 Social Care Teams based at Tewkesbury, comprising Social Workers who support Children, Families, and Young People from various stages of their lives through to Independence.

Duties will include:

1. Dealing with telephone enquiries, taking messages, and alerting Social Work staff
2. Preparing and processing documents using Microsoft Word
3. Updating spreadsheets using Excel
4. Booking meetings using Microsoft Teams and our internal room booking system
5. Processing finance requests using SAP
6. Minuting of meetings
7. Uploading documents to our bespoke database Liquid Logic (training will be provided)

About You

We are looking for applicants who would like to join our Social Care admin team, where the work is varied and interesting; no two days are the same! We would like applicants to have excellent IT and communication skills and be able to demonstrate a flexible approach with an ability to manage your workload to meet deadlines. If you think that this is the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you. Why are you perfect for this role and what will you bring to our team?

In return we will offer you:

1. Regular formal and informal support.
2. Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
3. Access to relevant training and career progression.
4. Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years of employment.
5. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
6. Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings, including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
7. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
8. Cycle to Work scheme.
9. Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
10. Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 20th May 2025.

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer-facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.