Senior Admin Assistant - Finance & Procurement

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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Room 700 County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Grade 6 ranging from £23,898 to £24,300 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: Part Time 18.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 7th July 2024

Interview Date(s): w/c 15th July 2024

About the Role

An opportunity has arisen to work as part of the Finance & Procurement Hub in the Business Support Services Team within Adults & Communities as a Senior Administrative Assistant based at County Hall. To support the Hub Manager in delivering the work of a specialist Hub, providing an efficient, effective, and comprehensive business support service across all of Adults & Communities. Have specialist technical knowledge in the work of the Hub they are assigned to and to hold in-depth knowledge of the work of the department and services that their allocated Hub supports.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Knowledge of financial processes and associated IT systems
• Knowledge of the importance of information confidentiality (GDPR)
• Understands why accurate information/data capture and management is important. and the consequences of it not being.
• Excellent Customer Care with the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
• To be able to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Actively manages issues to prevent escalation.
• To have a flexible approach and work under pressure against tight timescales and remain calm and focused.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Enter name and job title Amanda Osborne - Hub Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 9652

Email: Amanda.osborne@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Stonewall Top 100, Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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Our Organisational Values
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