Administration Assistant

Are you an Administrator looking for a new challenge, working within a HR environment?

Working in our HR Ops team. which is part of our government CITB (Construction Industry Training board) function, we have an exciting opportunity, and we are on the search for individuals who can add to our fast growing team, and bring a new dimension to an already existing successful team. In this role no two days are the same!

As an Administration Assistant, you will be responsible for administrative, operational and/or technical activities within our CITB department. You will provide a range of straightforward, routine services as part of the team. This may involve responding to routine queries and referring any unusual or non routine situations.

We can offer phenomenal career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs. Excellent training and development opportunities, and the encouragement to develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment whilst training.

We offer a hybrid working pattern whereby you can work from the York site for 2 days a week and 3 days from home!

If you are an outstanding and highly motivated individual with passion and desire to contribute to the positive reputation of our business, we would love to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

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  Dealing with enquiries whether that is making calls, answering telephone, emails, queries, taking messages or processing transactions.
  
• Carry out administrative work to the highest quality with attention to detail

What you’ll bring:

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  Ability to work independently in a hybrid fixed pattern
  
• Ability to manage your own workload reacting to changing circumstances and meet deadlines
  
• Excellent Microsoft Word and Excel skills
  
• The desire to be part of a successful team

It would be great if you had:

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  Experience of working in a finance environment
  
• Experience of creating invoices

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type Permanent - Full Time
Location - York we have hybrid working available so a mix of being in the office and also working from home!
Security Clearance Level - SC
Internal Recruiter - Sophie
Salary - £22,145 inclusive of 3% flex fund
Benefits - 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance and pension

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

The company was established as a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria Ltd, in 2013 as part of the Government’s Shared Services Strategy for Smarter Government programme and operates from four regional centres of excellence: Blackpool; Newcastle; Newport; and York.
As a trading name of Shared Services Connected Ltd, SSCL has established an enviable track record in the design and delivery of large-scale innovative HR, Payroll, IT, and Finance & Accounting solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and enhance service levels across government and public sector.
Our clients include a number of government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, Environment Agency Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and Home Office as well as the Metropolitan Police Service and the Construction Industry Training Board.