Team Secretary

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

We have a great opportunity for a full time Team Secretary to join our Avenues East team.

The role is full time, 39 hours per week working Monday to Friday and Avenues offers hybrid working so the role will be a mixture of working from home and at the office. The area office is in Shrewsbury which has the train station and local shops within walking distance.

In this role you will provide an efficient and effective administrative support service to the Senior Operations Managers and Service Managers and to support the PA to the Regional Director.

• To provide/share reception duties.
• To maintain internal databases and where required produce reports from the databases.
• To minute meetings maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• To liaise and consult with internal functions and external agencies as relevant to specific projects.
• To establish and promote positive professional relationships with colleagues.
• To support required financial transactions, including banking and taking payments over the telephone.
• Deputise for PA as required
• Occasional evening or weekend work may be required.

For full details please read attached role profile.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of secretarial and office administration work
• Knowledge of IT systems, databases and MS Office
• Experience of copy and audio typing
• Able to prioritise own workload and be self-motivated
• Good attention to detail and self-motivated
• Able to uphold confidentiality
• Able to communicate at all levels

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Benefits you can expect!

• Flexible Working including working from home.
• 31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro-rata), increasing after to 2 years’ service and after 5 years’ service.
• Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Recommend a friend scheme.
• And more.

About us:

We are committed to supporting our employees to achieve a good work-life balance and support flexible working including working from home. Our head office is located in Sidcup, and we have other offices in Surrey, Suffolk, Shropshire and Kent.

We encourage our employees to really get to know the organisation and to spend time visiting services, meeting people we support, their families and our support staff.

You’ll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its values at all levels, making sure the people we support are at the forefront of our decisions.

Apply now!

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

This role may close earlier than stated if a successful applicant is found.