Administrative Assistant - Home

Hungerford House • Corsham • Administration
Full-time Mid

Description

Administration Assistant

Location: Corsham

Pay rate: £12.54

Contracted Hours: 35 a week 9am - 4pm

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll support the Home Manager with a full range of reception,
administrative and basic finance activities to ensure the Home runs
smoothly. Often the first point of contact for enquiries, you’ll
demonstrate a professional and welcoming manner to all those who
visit, live and work in our homes. You will be responsible for
ensuring that all our visitors follow the infection control rules in
force at any given time, also taking the lead on coordinating any
testing requirements, organising couriers and associated
administrative tasks. Our homes are fun, so you’ll also assist with
the planning and management of events that take place in the home,
including celebrating residents’ milestone birthdays, fetes, employee
presentations or other activities planned by our Activities
Coordinator. In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended
family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate
about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to
all those who live and work in our homes.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for
almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest
not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we
reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the
care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of
benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development.
Alongside keeping our colleagues safe with PPE and daily testing Here
are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our
team: * 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) * Higher rates of
pay at weekends (delete for Oxon) * A workplace pension * Free DBS *
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme * Refer a Friend scheme
rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who
successfully starts working for us * Blue Light Card and “My Rewards”
programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants
and much more

ABOUT YOU

You will have previous experience from an administrative or reception
job and confident using Microsoft Office. In addition, you’ll have
experience of handling cash and keeping reports up to date. Ideally
you will have your Maths and English to GCSE level. But most
importantly you will be comfortable in an elderly care setting, able
to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner. This is a
busy and varied role, so you’ll need to be efficient and organised and
happy to use your initiative to ensure all tasks are completed in a
timely manner. And as the first person who many of our visitors will
speak to or see, you will have excellent communication and
interpersonal skills. If you think you have the right skills and
attitude to deliver the highest quality of care for our residents as
an Administrator within our care homes, then you could be next to join
us. So, apply and get your career started with us today.