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Senior Administrator


Coventry City Council


Location

Coventry | United Kingdom


Job description

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.

Our Values are:

What is the job role?

Based in a Provider Unit (Dover Street) and across the service, you would be part of a team providing administration support to Internally Provided Services - PILS, Outreach and Axholme Services, Shared Lives, The POD.

This varied role would cover a range of front and back-office admin duties including administrative support tasks to help run the unit, dealing and resolving queries over the phone or face to face, working with various Council ICT systems, inputting data for reporting purposes, maintaining computerised and manual filing systems, retrieving information as requested, and ensuring that information is kept up to date, handling monies, note-taking.

The post is for 35 hours worked over 5 days (Monday to Friday)

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are currently looking for warm, positive and dedicated individuals to work in our Adult Social Care Internally Provided Services team, who can provide person centred support to adults and older people.

In return, we would need you to have excellent communication skills, be flexible, good ICT skills, be able to deal with a diverse range of people, be able to demonstrate sensitivity and empathy when dealing with difficult service users, manage conflicting priorities and own workloads.

Please note the salary advertised will be pro-rata to hours worked (35 hours per week).

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date(s): Friday 5th April 2024

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit

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Job tags

Full timeLocal areaFlexible hoursWorking Monday to Friday


Salary

£23.11k - £24.29k per annum

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