About us and The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an adaptable and self-motivated person to join the Education Entitlement Team with Education Services.

You will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Educational Entitlement Team, enabling the Authority to achieve its key priorities for vulnerable children and young people specifically those at risk of or who have been permanently excluded from school. We are a busy team who work with other key teams within the local authority as well as schools, external agencies and providers of Alternative Provision.

You should be a strong communicator who is self-motivated, and solution focused. You will need a good standard of education, excellent organisational and planning skills with the capacity to prioritise and complete multiple tasks to agreed timescales. You will be able to produce work to a high standard and are confident using a range of IT platforms including Excel and databases. Good written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively and clearly to a range of people is essential as is your ability to work as part of a team. Experience of accounting for large sums of money and working with the Finance team.

You will have previous experience of the operational delivery of business processes and policies, ideally within an educational environment and a demonstrated capability for problem solving.

We are looking for people with a flexible, can do attitude and with the ability to deal with high volumes of varied activities without being deterred. 

If you are an experienced Administrator looking for your next challenge, this could be the role for you.

 The roles are support for county wide work so travel may occasionally be required.

Additional Information

For full Job Description and Person Specification click link here.

For further details about the role please contact Marie Rooney via email on marierooney@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 3^rd August 2021

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
 
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so. 

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application. 

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.