About The Service
The social care training unit has recently restructured in order to meet the training and development needs of Adult and Children’s Services and the wider social care workforce in Cardiff. This is an exciting opportunity to provide an administrative service to the Adult Services Training Officers and the wider administrative team.
About the job
This is a full time post 37 hours pre week.
The postholder will be required to provide a reception service to the central training team and maintain effective business support systems in respect of telephone messages, word processing, maintaining databases, registers, correspondence, minute taking, photocopying, filing and stationery supplies.
The postholder will also be required to upkeep and maintain our external learning database setting up new accounts, marking attendance, inputting course information and running reports.
This role also requires the provision of administrative support to the team for example by producing and sending ad hoc letters and template letters. The successful person will also be required to cover the office as part of a rota to help support training events that are being run from the centre. Other duties will involve organising calendars, scheduling meetings, providing support to the Training Officers and Team Manager to record information within the human resource computerised system.
The postholder will also be required to assist the Manager with the commissioning of training as and when required.
What We Are Looking For From You
We are looking for someone with a proven experience of dealing with the public. You will need to possess an ability to be able to deal with a variety of tasks and demands relevant to the post.
You must have skills in the use of database/financial systems, word processing skills. You must be able to communicate in an accurate, concise and sensitive way. You must be able to organise and prioritise your own workload.
A knowledge of services available to vulnerable adults would be desirable but not essential.
A commitment to producing quality work and ability to use initiative are essential to this post.
Additional information
If you would like to discuss the above role, please contact Sara Cottrell, Business Support Manager, Performance & Resource on s.b.cottrell@cardiff.gov.uk.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh, applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those in English.
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