Receptionist/Admin Assistant

TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://yorkcarerscentre.co.uk/vacancy/receptionist-admin-assistant-22-5-hours-per-week/

York Carers Centre is an independent charity that helps unpaid carers in York find the support they need. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced, highly organised Receptionist / Admin Assistant to manage our busy reception and join our friendly dedicated team. The successful candidate will provide a warm, friendly welcome and a professional confidential service to carers and visitors both in person and over the telephone.

This is a varied and challenging role which involves providing a listening ear to carers in need. The post holder will possess excellent communication and customer care skills with a confident and empathetic approach towards carers. Support to carers will be offered through a range of communications; providing information, signposting/referring to other services, alongside handling enquiries and ensuring messages and referrals are passed to the team in a timely and effective manner.

This is a multi-skilled role involving reception and general administrative duties for which excellent interpersonal skills are essential, as is a sense of humour and the ability to exercise tact and sensitivity. We are looking for an individual who thrives on working in a committed passionate team, works collaboratively with everyone, has a “can do” approach, excellent IT skills and high levels of attention to detail and accuracy. To be successful in this role you will have an ability to work under pressure and prioritise own workload dealing with changing and conflicting demands with ease.

If you’re an experienced Receptionist / Admin Assistant, with a friendly accessible personal manner, enjoy working in a busy supportive working environment, are resilient with the ability to deal with challenging situations and have a positive helpful attitude, then we’d love to hear from you.

Some flexibility to work additional paid hours to cover for staff holidays and meet the demands of the service will be required.

In return we’ll offer you:

• The opportunity to make a notable contribution to our work in making a difference to the lives of carers in York
• A friendly supportive working environment
• Generous Annual Leave
• Learning and development opportunities
• Contributory pension scheme

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 5th June 2023

Interview date: Thursday 15th June 2023

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are not able to respond to every application individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date then your application has been unsuccessful.

If you are not appointed, your application will be destroyed after six months following the recruitment process.

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and would especially welcome applications from people with BAME backgrounds.

TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://yorkcarerscentre.co.uk/vacancy/receptionist-admin-assistant-22-5-hours-per-week/

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

Salary: £20,444.00-£21,269.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 05/06/2023