Logistics Officer RBKC616123

Logistics Officer RBKC616123

Job Summary:

Salary range: £37,575 - £41,286 per annum  

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months

Closing date: 6th May 2024

Interview date: Week commencing 13th May 2024

About Us:

Provide high quality administrative support to our Children’s Services Department 

At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people and businesses at the heart of everything we do, working in partnership with them to provide quality services that are responsive, effective and efficient. Committed to acting with openness, honesty, compassion and humility, we aim to listen and understand in a way that is respectful, encourages involvement and meets the needs of all our communities.

The Role:

When you join us in this role you’ll provide a range of finance, systems design and administrative duties in support of the Lifelong Links work undertaken by our Safeguarding, Review and Quality Assurance team, which is part of Children’s Services. Assisting with the development of new systems and procedures to improve the efficiency of the service, you’ll take the lead on the planning and regular reporting relating to the work of Lifelong Links. Providing logistical support across different projects within the service will be another key responsibility, as will assisting in aggregating service activity information for local analysis.

You’ll have a wide range of additional responsibilities, including working with third-sector providers on the tracking and reporting of relevant data, and running reports on project-related information. We’ll also expect you to provide administrative support at meetings, take a lead on evaluating the impact of the Lifelong Links service, and make constructive use of performance reviews to enhance your own development. Some of your work will be of a sensitive nature, so you’ll be committed to carrying out your tasks with due regard to equal opportunities, the Data Protection Act and the maintenance of confidentiality and service user choice.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You’ll have well developed knowledge of working with MS Word and Excel, and good clerical experience, with a particular emphasis on finance, data analysis and reporting systems. You will be a positive and flexible team worker with a systematic and organised approach to your tasks, you’ll be capable of developing and maintaining administrative systems relevant to different projects.

Adaptable and always open to new ideas, you’ll be an attentive listener and able to understand, record, analyse and interpret information. Capable of relating confidently and sensitively to a diverse range of people, you’ll be self-motivated, have great attention to detail and work well under pressure. In addition, we’ll expect you to have a calm, tactful and sympathetic approach when dealing with people, but also possess the ability to be assertive when appropriate.

Join us, and you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. As a key member of our team, you’ll also have plenty of opportunities for development and progression within our organisation. We’re committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We’re a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, that we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk/spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk