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The City of York Council's corporate Business Support Service is offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced administrator to join our team.
The role
Successful candidate will provide high quality administrative support within the People Directorate, supporting various teams which include Early Years, School Services, SEND, Free School Meals, Licences and Admissions as well as the wider Childrens Services teams. They will work closely with, practitioners, service managers and partner agencies.
As part of the team the postholder will be required to perform a number of tasks and the key skills required include:
- Ability to arrange and minute meetings.
- Effective, tactful and diplomatic interpersonal skills.
- High degree of computer literacy including experience of working with a variety of information technology.
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as part of a team and using their own initiative.
- To be responsive to changing priorities and conflicting demands.
- Strong organisational skills, including good time and task management.
- Ability to work within a multi-agency environment.
- Ability to adapt working practices, suggest service improvements and be responsive to change.
- Ability to interrogate the case management database to obtain required information.
As part of the team the postholder will have opportunities for:
- Supporting the development of existing systems and processes.
- Using your initiative to build the role and develop with a new team dynamic.
- Developing a working knowledge of a variety of software packages.
- Ongoing personal development in our supportive environment.
Please note that the role will involve dealing with highly confidential and sensitive information about vulnerable service users this can include child protection and safeguarding information, therefore we recommend candidates consider this prior to applying.
