Office Manager

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Are you able to line manage other Business Administrators in the team as well as support senior management organising diaries and taking minutes for various meetings?

The role will also involve a varied working day supporting colleagues, ensuring best working practices, drafting reports, maintaining spreadsheets, being responsible for payment cards and monitoring budgets, support the raising of purchase orders to ensure invoices are paid and support with our business continuity plans. You will be required to visit sites across East Sussex (Hastings, Eastbourne, Newhaven & Uckfield) to support the management/admin team.

We offer a hybrid working style, successfully combining office and home working.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Organisational skills
• Effective communication skills
• Strong ICT skills to be able to accurately minute take and use excel
• Analytical skills to support with project work
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

We will support you by:

• Providing a robust induction joining the mental health service
• Hold regular monthly supervision to discuss your workload and development plans
• Offer various paid training courses to help you to continue to develop

To apply select the 'Apply now' button and upload your CV with a covering letter. When completing your application be sure to address how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the job description and give examples of any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.

This job advert might close earlier, then the stipulated closing date if a large volume of applicants is received.

Interviews will take place early December via Microsoft Teams unless you request an in-person interview. If you are unavailable to attend the allocated interview date/time, let us know and we may be able to schedule an alternative date/time for you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Annette Rockingham via email Annette.rockingham@eastsussex.gov.uk to arrange a call back.

Benefits

There are many rewards working for East Sussex County Council, some of these include:

• Generous pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Access to training
• Lease car scheme (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Access to our extensive wellbeing and wellness training.

For more information about our diverse range of benefits please click on the link provided benefits page.

'For valuing your expertise'

• Job Description & Person Specification [docx]

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency's Points-based Immigration System.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.

Equal Opportunities

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.