Administrator

Ref: SWL-241

Are you a proactive, organised and collaborative individual with a proven track record of providing highly efficient administrative support? If so, St Giles is looking for a highly motivated Administrator to join our team and provide vital support to a caseworker with their case notes.

About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this key role

Our successful candidate will provide important administrative support to one individual Caseworker, including organising their hand-written notes, helping enter them accurately into different platforms and databases, plus ensuring all data inputted is done so in a timely and accurate manner.  As this role is based in an organisation working with vulnerable individuals, there will be elements of safeguarding, as well as a requirement for confidentiality and adherence to Data Protection and GDPR guidelines.

You must have the ability to travel to the Leeds office as due to the nature of this role there is no scope for remote or home working, while occasional travel to other trust sites in the Yorkshire region can be organised by prior agreement.

What we are looking for

• Previous track record of supporting individuals
• Sound experience of working in administrative/data entry roles
• Maths and English GCSE A-C or equivalent
• Sound understanding of safeguarding practices
• Strong IT literacy, including the full Microsoft Office package
• Excellent prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 11p.m. 26 November 2024.                           Interview date: 10 December 2024.