Admin Assistant
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £11.44 to £12.14 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Excellent Plus Benefits |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland, KA28 0EG |
| Company: | Field Studies Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 996506 |
Summary
Use your administrative skills to help us work towards our Environmental Education Charity’s mission!
- Permanent part time position - based on 20 hours per week, the exact working pattern can be flexible but must include our core hours between 11am and 1pm Monday to Friday.
- Salary equates to circa £11.44 per hour
- Excellent benefits – including life assurance and a health cash plan, see the full list below.
- Your new place of work is in a beautiful location, be surrounded by nature on your lunchbreak.
- We have accommodation available, so you could relocate to a stunning location in Scotland!
Love where you work!
Established in 1943, our network of Learning Locations provides day and residential outdoor education courses for all ages. We aim to create outstanding opportunities for everyone to learn about nature.
We value each of our team members and understand that every role is vital to deliver our mission, so, we provide great benefits* to reward and support you while you work with us.
What you’ll be doing
Your role will be to ensure a proactive and professional administrative support service is delivered to both external customers and internal colleagues and teams at our learning centre.
The day-to-day duties are varied and will include taking the centre bookings, processing financial transactions, and keeping accurate records for the centre.
As the first point of contact for customers visiting, phoning, and emailing enquiries to us, you will be committed to delivering the highest level of customer service and care, taking pride in you all you do.
Please refer to the vacancy pack for full details of the responsibilities of the role.
Where you’ll be based
The Field Studies Council Millport centre is situated on the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland. It has state of the art purpose-built conference facilities, twin bedroom ensuite accommodation with sea views, plus 7 teaching spaces comprising classrooms and laboratories.
We host learners of all ages and backgrounds from nursery schools, primary and secondary schools, universities, adults and research placements from all over the world.
Who we’re looking for
We need someone to be able to hit the ground running in this role, so you will already have some experience of working in a busy office environment in an administrative role. In addition to:
- A great work ethic where aptitude and attitude are key
- A natural pride in the work you produce
- A flexible and adaptive approach able to perform using your own initiative both independently and as a team player
- A professional manner in all that you do
- An empathy with the aims and objectives of Field Studies Council
- A committed and proactive approach to personal development; motivated to learn new skills and overcome new challenges
Sound like the role for you? Come and be part of the team! We look forward to your application.
* Your benefits whilst working with us will include:
- Financial - We offer competitive salaries, sick pay, pension schemes, life assurance, pro rata of 28 days annual holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service.
- Health and Wellbeing - Eligible employees are automatically provided with a Health Cash Plan which you can use to help pay for routine health appointments as well as give you the ability to seek second opinions from top doctors! We also provide our team members with access to a 24hr Counselling Helpline Service.
- Discounts – When you join the team you are also enrolled into our reward programme which gives you discounts on your favourite brands and opportunities to earn cash back on everyday purchases!
- Additional benefits - We endeavour to offer flexible working options where roles permit and are committed to providing our employees with appropriate quality learning and development opportunities.
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please call Elke Scheibler on 01743 852100.
The closing date for receipt of your completed application is 21 April 2024.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we’re in receipt of sufficient applications. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council Millport in the week commencing 22 April 2024
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email.
Kindly note this role will be known internally as an Administrative Assistant
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