Administration Assistant

The starting salary for this position is GBP21,943 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

We currently have two Administration Assistant vacancies based in our Surrey Heath Locality team and our Transition Team. We are looking for candidates who can provide comprehensive administrative support to our Adult Social Care team.

Available positions:

• 1 x permanent position with the Surrey Heath Locality Team based at Surrey Heath Borough Council Offices, Surrey Heath House, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3HD
• 1 x permanent position with the Transition Team based at Quadrant Court, Woking, GU22 7QQ

You will be undertaking general administrative duties in order to provide support to a dispersed specialised central operational team within Adult Social Care, where supervision at times is off site. You may be required to travel to other sites in Surrey to support operational functions.

You will need to have excellent excel skills, quick and accurate data entry on mainframe database and excel spreadsheets. You will need to be able to both interrogate the database and interpret the data recorded which may be complex in nature. At times you will need to produce ad-hoc reports from excel spreadsheets.

You will have good communication skills both written and verbal as you will be expected to deal with telephone enquiries and a wide range of correspondence, case recording and scanning duties. In addition, you will have the skills to enable you to take notes and minutes of meetings. You will also be required to proof read/edit items for web supported team bulletin.

You will have a flexible, mature approach, will be well organised and able to work under pressure, on occasions, to tight deadlines. You will also have good customer service and excellent IT skills.

You will have some previous experience of working in a busy office environment and have the ability to work as part of a team within existing working protocols and procedures whilst being proactive and using your initiative within the scope of the job role.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 31st May 2021.

Interviews will take place on the following dates:

• For Surrey Heath Locality Team: 9th June 2021
• For the Transition Team: 14th June 2021

When submitting your application please state your preference in team.

Contact Details

If you would like further information, please contact the following:

• For Surrey Heath: email .uk.
• For the Transition Team: email .uk

We look forward to receiving your application with personal statement, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Values

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.