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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a (part-time 22.2 hours) Assistant Admissions Officer.
Working in the School Admissions team, your main duties will be dealing with the processing of school applications, telephone calls and email enquiries.
This is an exciting role and the successful applicant will need to be flexible, approachable and able to adapt to ever changing demands in a fast paced environment.
Ideally educated to GCSE standard, or equivalent, you should have an understanding of Local Authority working, policies and procedures although this is not essential.
You will be highly organised and efficient with the ability to produce work of a high standard within set timescales, meeting statutory deadlines is non-negotiable in this environment.
As well as having a good working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft packages, the role requires data inputting on the ONE database for which you will receive training. With excellent IT skills accuracy and attention to detail in all you do is paramount.
This is a home working/office-based post at New Shire Hall, AlconburyWeald where you will be the first point of contact for all enquiries into the team, therefore, having excellent communication and telephone skills combined with a sensitive approach are essential.
Interviews will be held on the 25th January at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald.
For an informal discussion contact Helen Pinner–Team Leader - 07501507985
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
