Panel Administrator

Contractual hours: 37 Package: We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages., Fostering, Placements and Permanence service is part of the Families, Children and Wellbeing directorate. You will be part of our business support / administrative team, performing specialist and general administrative duties and supporting our Fostering and Kinship Panel., You will provide an efficient and effective clerical service to the Panel and its members. You will be involved in setting Panel dates, coordinating forms and documents and preparing Panel paperwork, minuting complex Panel discussions and following this up by updating our systems and circulating necessary documents after. General duties may include answering telephone and email enquiries providing customer-focused information to people who contact the team (service users and other professional agencies), database recording, dealing with some financial queries and supporting Panel Advisor and members, pod managers and social workers. It is essential that you have the ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone and in writing and to manage an evolving workload using your time management skills. You will have experience of working in a busy office environment with the ability to prioritise your workload around the demands of the service and strict deadlines. This role involves the use of various computer packages and requires you to be able to monitor and analyse data as well as running reports to ensure adherence to statutory deadlines. First impressions count so we are looking for an enthusiastic, organized, confident and self-directed administrator to represent our service., Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans. Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our actions, our and the work we are doing to Why work for us? As a council, we want to:

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe
  Do you have a talent for minuting and strong organisational skills? Work in a supportive team and being valued in a job that makes a difference to the lives of others?, A flexible, adaptable approach to work with ability to multitask effectively according to business priorities
• Ability to deal with confidential information tactfully and with discretion
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Competent in working with Outlook and Microsoft Office packages
• Inputting and retrieval of data on service-based IT system
  There are two positions available: 37 hours (full time) and 24 hours., Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours.