Assistant Administrator - Equalities Team

Providing administration support within the Equalities team, you will ensure records and reports are up to date. You will be joining a small, experienced team who are friendly and welcoming, where training and support will be given. What you will be doing:

• You will act as a main point of contact for the Equalities team, providing administrative support to ensure work carried out is efficient and procedures are effectively implemented.
• Day to day, you will deal with enquiries and information requests in the form of emails and telephone calls.
• Regularly, you will schedule, set up and support a variety of meetings ensuring that accurate minutes are taken.
• It will be your responsibility to maintain records and analyse information to ensure accurate statements are produced and data retrieved from computerised systems can be interpreted clearly.
• We require you to research equalities performance related information and collate evidence for presentation in reports. This may include drafting sections of documents for use by others.
• You will be required to accurately record and assist in the monitoring and maintaining of budgets, financial information, and resources.
  
  It is essential for you to have previous experience of administrative processes and procedures or working with financial records.
• You will have a good level of IT knowledge and its practical application, including experience of using MS Office.
• Although not essential, you may have NVQ Level 2 in a relevant subject area such as business administration.
  
  We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. We're making a difference, be part of it! To view the full job description, please click this link: South Gloucestershire Council

What you need to know
• This is a part-time role, working 18.5 hours per week. Your salary will be pro-rated to hours worked.
• This is a limited term contract, ending 30th June 2026.
• Working days will be negotiable although Wednesdays will be the team office day.
Interviews will be held on Monday 13th January 2025. How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.