Office Manager

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Are you able to line manage other Business Administrators in the team as well as support senior management organising diaries and taking minutes for various meetings?

The role will also involve a varied working day supporting colleagues, ensuring best working practices, drafting reports, maintaining spreadsheets, being responsible for payment cards and monitoring budgets, support the raising of purchase orders to ensure invoices are paid and support with our business continuity plans. You will be required to visit sites across East Sussex (Hastings, Eastbourne, Newhaven & Uckfield) to support the management/admin team.

We offer a hybrid working style, successfully combining office and home working.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Organisational skills
• Effective communication skills
• Strong ICT skills to be able to accurately minute take and use excel
• Analytical skills to support with project work
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

We will support you by:

• Providing a robust induction joining the mental health service
• Hold regular monthly supervision to discuss your workload and development plans
• Offer various paid training courses to help you to continue to develop

To apply select the ‘Apply now’ button and upload your CV with a covering letter. When completing your application be sure to address how you meet all the essential criteria listed in the job description and give examples of any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.

This job advert might close earlier, then the stipulated closing date if a large volume of applicants is received.

Interviews will take place early December via Microsoft Teams unless you request an in-person interview. If you are unavailable to attend the allocated interview date/time, let us know and we may be able to schedule an alternative date/time for you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Annette Rockingham via email Annette.rockingham@eastsussex.gov.uk to arrange a call back.

Benefits

There are many rewards working for East Sussex County Council, some of these include:

• Generous pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Access to training
• Lease car scheme (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Access to our extensive wellbeing and wellness training.

For more information about our diverse range of benefits please click on the link provided benefits page.

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