Mailroom Officer

**Hours: 37 Per Week**

**Contract Type: Fixed Term**

**Service Area: Place Management**

**Department: Regeneration & Housing**

We are looking for an enthusiastic mailroom officer to assist with the provision of a comprehensive post room / Hybrid mail service at the Council’s Lewis House office in Bath.

Accuracy in sorting and distributing large volumes of internal and external mail within stated deadlines is essential. The job requires good communication and customer care skills and involves general office administration work e.g. scanning, filling, photocopying and letter packing.

You will be required to support the management of a hybrid mail solution, attention to detail is key.

This job requires you to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You will be working under tight deadlines and juggling multiple tasks at once. The ability to prioritise and stay organised is essential to keeping up with demands of the role.

You must have a minimum of 3 GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent), and good IT and administration skills. The post will be based primarily in Bath although you will be required to work in either Bath & Keynsham as required, sometimes at short notice (reasonable travel expenses will be paid).

**Why B&NES Council?**

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

- A competitive salary package
- A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
- A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
- The Local Government Pension Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme - whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
- Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
- Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

**Interested to find out more?**

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Marie Bushby on 01225 396132

**To apply**

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose - to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be **Bold, Empowered, Supportive **and** Transparent**.

**As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.**

**Interview Date**: TBC

**Safeguarding Statement**:
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.