About the Role:

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Administrator at Advance. Advance is a specialist supported housing association that is on an exciting journey to deliver more services and develop more housing for people with learning difficulties, disabilities and supporting people towards greater independent living.

The Housing department and Support department are looking for a temporary administrator to work with the Executive director of Housing and Executive Director of Support. This role is based out of our head office in Witney.

Duties will include:

• Managing diaries, telephone calls and emails
• Act as the main point of contact for the Executive Director(s), arranging appointments and direct contact as appropriate
• Arranging meetings and/or other events and making appointments, including travel arrangements and meeting/event materials
• Taking accurate minutes of meetings, co-ordinating the preparation and checking of agendas and papers and the collation and distribution of papers
• Organise and maintaining office systems and records, both paper and electronic information storage systems including inputting to and maintaining databases
• Provide administrative support to other members of the directorates as agreed
• Supporting projects on behalf of the directorates as requested from time to time by the Executive Director

About the candidate:

• Able to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing)
• Manage and extract information from databases
• Work accurately and maintain effective records
• Plan, organise and prioritise your work
• Manage own work and work independently

You will be expected to demonstrate PRIDE behaviours in your job role, please see attached job description and person specification before applying for the role to ensure that you meet the essential eligibility criteria.

About the organisation:

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

Benefits of working for Advance:

We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
• Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.