Adiminstrative Officer

I am looking to hire an Admin Officer for my public sector client.

JOB TITLE: Admin Officer

LOCATION: Reading

RATE RANGE: £7.75 per hour

DURATION: Initially 6 months (with possible extension)

The Temporary Worker will provide junior management support and carry out administrative duties that are moderately complex. He or she will follow set procedures and will exercise some independent judgment in carrying out instructions, under general supervision.

Examples of work performed will include but not be restricted to:

- Preparing routine correspondence and checking that of others
- Compiling, verifying and reporting data
- Completing forms or reports
- Managing the workload of a small team, if required
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

- Minute and action taking at meetings
- Follow up of actions to ensure response/clearance
- Support for Stakeholder groups including organizing meetings, minutes and actions
- Organize workshops or other meetings
- Maintain Forward Look of activities, Annual Leave charts, Whereabouts charts etc.
- Ordering stationary for the programme
- Coordinating papers for meetings
- Printing/distribution of papers for meetings
- Maintenance of Microsoft Outlook Distribution Lists
- Being a single point of contact for the programme printers, dealing with engineers, paper jams etc. Preparation of refreshments for board meetings
- Meeting room bookings
- Experience of completing an programme support role in a high paced team;

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

- Five GCSE passes at Grade C or above
- Two A' level passes at grade E or above or equivalent
- NVQ Management Level 3 or 4 (or suitable junior management experience)
- Administrative experience with a good knowledge of and experience in using Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written