Administrative Assistant

22 hours ago


Kendal, United Kingdom Westmorland & Furness Council Full time

Job profile
- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00000019115

**Date posted**

24/10/2025

**Application closing date**

16/11/2025

**Location**

Kendal / Penrith

**Salary**

£25,583

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

18.5

**Basis**

Part time

**Attachments**

**Administrative Assistant - WMF2398e**:
**Job description**
- Location: Kendal and/or Penrith
Contract Type: Permanent, 18.5 hours per week (full time can be considered if able to travel between areas)

**About this opportunity**
- We have opportunities to support our teams in a variety of locations, within Care Services. Work base will depend on the area of support, and there will be opportunity to support across teams if you are looking for full-time hours.

**Who we are looking for**
- Are you an enthusiastic, proactive person, with experience in administration?
Are you interested in working within Care Services, supporting our teams to make a difference to the people they support?
We have opportunities available for experienced and enthusiastic Administration Assistants to support our teams, enabling the efficient and effective operation of our Care Services.
This is an excellent opportunity for people with strong communication skills, a proactive approach to their work and who are looking for a role with lots of variety. You will need good knowledge and experience using a variety of software and systems, a good grasp of financial processes and a reasonable level of flexibility and adaptability to suit the different working environments
We are passionate about our customer care, meaning a strong customer focus and a desire to deliver a quality service is an essential part of this role.
**What can we offer you**
- Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site.** Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)**

**Would you like to find out more?**
- For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:

- **Post Specification**:

- **Role Profile**

**Application and Interview information**
- Closing date: 16th November 2025
Interview date: 27th November 2025
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**Safer Recruitment & DBS**
- At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check
- no barred list.

**Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion**
- As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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