Job Title: Lead Administrator

Team: Regional Adoption Agency (RAA)

Hours: 37      

Grade: D, scp 6 £20,043 to scp 11 £22,129

Contract: Permanent

The Role

We are looking for experienced administrators to work in the Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) which is based in Howell Croft, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton.

The Lead Administrator role will be responsible for providing a range of business services to the RAA which will include:

• Servicing weekly held adoption panels (shared between a team of 4).
•  Booking venues and refreshments
• Chasing and uploading documents
• Emailing confidential information
• Organising invitations
• Taking panel minutes direct to laptop (or shorthand) and transcribing
• Updating information on Excel Spreadsheets to maintain statistical information
• General admin duties – answering the phone/photocopying 

The successful candidate will be required to attend and minute meetings outside of Bolton for which you will be able to claim travel expenses.

For more information about the role please review the attached job description and person specification

About You

You will have experience of working in a busy office environment or have relevant background experience.

You must be proficient in Microsoft Word and have accurate typing and minute taking skills.

The ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and have experience of dealing with both internal and external customers are essential to the post.

You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to use your own initiative in an often sensitive and confidential environment.

Training will be given to support the successful candidate in fulfilling the role.

About Us

The RAA is a collaborative arrangement between six local authorities. Its aim is to improve placing children into adopted placements on a regional basis.

Bolton is a fantastic place to work and our employees thrive working here. We are incredibly proud of our Bolton Family, of which you will become an integral part.

In Bolton, we have set a clear direction of travel; in partnership we are forging ahead to 2030 with a vision of a town and borough built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses, and healthy residents. Our big aspiration is that our children and young people reach their full potential and leading happy and fulfilling lives. You will be central to the delivery of this aspiration, and we’re making good progress. Ofsted have given our Social Care services a Good rating. Our health and social care integration is moving forward with pace and purpose and we are successfully remodelling our finances to protect the sustainability of our services to children and young people.

There are a lot of reasons to join the Bolton Council family, please see attached our benefits page detailing all of the fantastic benefits that you could receive in working for us!

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.