Discovery - Miscellaneous Roles

Do you have a passion for working for working in fast paced environment and making a positive difference to people's daily lives? If so, we'd love to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading provider of support to adults with learning disabilities across Somerset.

Discovery are now recruiting for a full time Service Administrator for our Outreach Services in the Taunton, Chard and Yeovil areas.

The Job Role

• To provide administrative and secretarial support to the Outreach Locality Manager in performing their role, acting as a point of contact both internally and externally for the management team in their absence.
• To be the key point of contact both over the telephone and in written communications for the Service.
• Establish and maintain appropriate administrative systems, records and filing systems on behalf of the management team.
• To have delegated responsibility for the administration of the DTMS and liaise with payroll and other functions, as necessary, to resolve any outstanding issues.
• To ensure the maintenance and enhancement of the standard office filing systems, enabling colleagues to quickly retrieve files, documents and other data.
• To provide administrative support for management in connection with recruitment, liaising with the resourcing team as required.
• To monitor data directly related to service compliance, prepare service for audit and support managers to address areas of non-compliance.
• To prepare agendas, take and distribute minutes of meetings, as required.

This list is not exhaustive, for the full job description and person specification please review the attached document.

Why join us?

Discovery are committed to developing skills and rewarding our staff. We offer:

• A salary of GBP18000 per annum (based on 37.5 hrs per week)
• 12 month fixed term contract
• 30 days' annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• Access to discounts on high street shopping, cinema tickets and meals out
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Life Assurance

Who we are

Discovery exists to help each person we support to live a fulfilling life, to be equal in society and to be active in his or her local community. That's a big deal. It means being able to have choice and control in life. It means choosing to go out or to stay in, making friends and having relationships, finding and developing skills and interests. It also means managing a home, voting, staying healthy and being able to pursue employment or volunteering opportunities. If you think you can help the people we support get more from life, in a direct support or office based role, we want to hear from you.

Apply now:

So if you would like to be a part of our team and if you feel that your values match ours, please apply by clicking the button below - upload your CV and we will be in touch. You could soon be making a positive difference every day.

Please note: To minimise the risks relating to Covid-19, we have decided to conduct all of our initial interviews for the foreseeable future as Telephone/Video Interviews, rather than face-to-face. If you have any queries or questions about this, please call us on and we will be happy to advise and provided reasonable adjustments if required.

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.