Team Secretary

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

We have an exciting brand new opportunity for a full time Team Secretary to join our London subsidiary administration team. This role will be based in our Head office in Sidcup with some occasional travel to our ST Albans, Forest Lane service particularly in the first few months , mileage will be paid.

The role is 39 hours per week Monday-Thursday 9am – 5:30pm and Friday 9am-5pm.

In this role you will provide an efficient and effective secretarial and administrative support service to our Senior Operations Managers, Service Managers and their team’s including supporting our Personal Assistant and Regional Director.

The hiring manager would like to interview on an ad-hoc basis, so this role may close earlier then stated if a successful candidate is found.

• Undertake all aspects of diary, meeting and activity management for Senior Operations Manager and their teams
• Assist in the development, collation and distribution of a range of documents including easy read
• Maintain internal databases and where required produce reports from the databases
• Liaise and consult with internal functions and external agencies as relevant to specific projects
• Minute meetings as required
• Provide/share reception cover as required
• Carry out any other duties as required

For full details please read attached role profile.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of secretarial and office administration work
• Knowledge of IT systems, databases and MS Office
• Driver with own car due to potential travel to other sites (or able/willing to travel to other sites on public transport)
• Experience of copy and audio typing (desirable)
• Able to prioritise own workload and be self-motivated
• Good attention to detail and self-motivated
• Able to uphold confidentiality
• Able to communicate at all levels

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Benefits you can expect!

• £26,868 per annum
• High quality training that supports your career development.
• Paid enhanced DBS check.
• Mileage expenses paid.
• Flexible working.
• Shopping discount via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
• Paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to a health portal, counselling and support.
• Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £50.

Why join us?

We’re there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your three-month induction, and throughout your career.?

We encourage our central services employees to really get to know the organisation and to spend time visiting services, meeting people we support, their families and our support staff.

You’ll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its values at all levels, making sure the people we support are at the forefront of our decisions.

We'd like to meet you, apply today and find out more about us and the role.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

This role may close earlier than stated if a successful candidate has been found.