Administrative Assistant

2 months ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

**Some key information**
- This role offers hybrid working, and you will need to be able to travel to County Hall, Taunton, on a Tuesday & Thursday.
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) - based on working 37 hours per week
- Take on a leading role withing a small, supportive team

**What will I be doing?**
The Children's Social Care Central Payments Team supports colleagues across the county in their work, safeguarding children and young people.

We're a busy team but we enjoy our work and feel we are making a valuable contribution to the work of the service.

We’re working to improve the lives of children in Somerset - and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:

- using a specialist database to setup and amend weekly payments to Foster Carers, Adopters, Special Guardians and Care Leavers
- banking, cash handling and reconciling petty cash.

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

- are proactive and can prioritise a varied workload.
- educated to O Level/ GCSE standard (Grade C or equivalent) including English Language and Maths, are numerate and confident in using IT
- have an understanding of working with sensitive and confidential information.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

**Anything else I should know?**

For an informal discussion about the role and for further information, please contact Julie Larcombe, Business Support Manager, on 01823 357765.

**DBS information**
This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04734



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