Team Administrator in Cheltenham

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job located in Cheltenham.

We are looking for a full-time Team Administrator to join our Cheltenham Locality Team on an 18-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a team and providing administrative support in a busy environment.

As a Team Administrator, you will:

• Provide an efficient clerical and administration service for our Adult Social Care Team.
• Take calls from internal colleagues as well as members of the public, so a professional telephone manner is a must.
• Input data into internal systems.
• Schedule meetings and book rooms, as well as take minutes of meetings.
• Respond to, redirect emails and manage a generic mailbox.

Training and support in these key areas will be given.

About You:

You will have strong communication and organisational skills. Ideally, you will have some experience of working in a busy office environment. You will have good IT skills and be a competent user of Microsoft Office. If you are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working within a team, then this could be the ideal role for you!

Our values are at the heart of everything we do:

• Perform to the highest professional standards and be the best you can be.
• Focus on providing excellent customer service.
• Be inclusive, show respect and value others.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Be a confident and clear communicator.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role!

About Us:

This is a great time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as Adult Social Care is on an exciting innovation journey, which focuses our approach into being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make the Difference’ to our local communities.

Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays.
• Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Free offsite car parking.
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment.
• Regular formal and informal support.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme (T&Cs apply).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

We’re Closer Than You Think. We are an easy commute from many locations.

Applying:

For an informal discussion, please contact to arrange a convenient time for a call back.

Additional Information:

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.

Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.