Administrative Officer
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Administrator to assist the children’s centre Office Manager in providing a high quality administrative service to a busy and demanding multi-agency locality team.
You will be based in children centres and your key duties will include delivering excellent first point of contact customer services to both internal and external customers at the reception desk, accurately entering and updating data on various in-house systems including MOSAiC, EISi/EIS, Oracle and, ASH, administering office procurement systems including; placing, receiving and receipting orders; checking payments have been made; processing of nursery fees; and updating office finance monitoring systems. You will also have the opportunity to showcase your clerical skills by supporting in other administrative duties, such as booking services, minute taking and assisting in the organisation of meetings and events.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.
About you
To be considered for this exciting opportunity the successful candidate will be reliable and dedicated to delivering your very best for the people of Camden.
You will be confident with using MS Office packages, including Outlook, Word and Excel. Experience and knowledge of using EISi/EIS, MOSAiC, ASH and Oracle finance systems would be highly desirable.
The role of Administrative Officer will provide you with the opportunity to use your organisational and planning skills to deliver first class administrative support to the team. You will work well as part of a team sharing workloads and, demonstrate excellent communication skills as you will be liaising with different stakeholders, including internal and external suppliers ensuring a good working relationship. Your effective verbal and written communication skills will demonstrate an ability to resolve challenging situations and complex queries, working with a range of individuals including children and vulnerable adults. Flexibility will be required as you will be expected to work from multiple settings and may on occasion be required to attend out-of-hours events. A “can do” proactive attitude and the ability to use your own initiative is essential as you will provide office administrative support in ensuring the day to day smooth service operation in the absence of the Office Manager.
About Camden
Camden’s main offices are located in modern, award-winning offices at King’s Cross. You can expect an exceptional range of benefits including discounted access to the onsite leisure facilities with swimming pool, recognition and reward for high performance with progression and pay increases, flexible and agile working hours and access to a leading pension scheme.
Camden is proud to be the country’s first Timewise council and as part of this accreditation, we work to help parents balance work with childcare. This fits in with our aim to be leaders in innovative, flexible and part-time working that allows for different patterns of care and for parents to share childcare responsibilities.
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Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard
Camden are very proud to be accredited to the level of excellence for the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard. The Mayor’s Good Work Standard sets the benchmark for the highest employment standards and demonstrates that as an employer, Camden is contributing to a fairer and more inclusive London. These good practices are also an important step in attracting and retaining a diverse, talented and productive workforce.
How to apply
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application form you will be expected to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in this advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, or provide any information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk, or post to 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG.
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Closing dates for applications: Sunday 8th March 2020
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Please quote reference: 2000002R
Camden welcomes new employees on a monthly basis; next available dates for induction are Monday 16th March, Monday 20th April & Monday 18th May 2020