Office Administrator

Halton Community Transport are looking forward to welcoming a new member to its small yet smart team in the form of our new Office Administrator.

Office Administrator (Transport & Finance)Widnes, WA8£18, 720 per annumFull Time, Permanent

In this new role within our HCT team, you will be responsible for the smooth and reliable operation of HCT’s Administration, Invoicing, Petty Cash, Telecoms and all other general office type activity.

You will also work with HCT’s Extra Mile Garage staff, and assist in their invoicing, customer contact and payments.

As the core of HCT’s Office team, you will have to liaise with the CEO, Fleet Ops and Garage

Managers, Service Users, Stake Holders, Staff, Volunteers and Member/Customers to ensure

good communications.

Halton CT has over 30 years of experience in delivering top quality accessible and affordable

transport services in Halton and now the greater Liverpool City Region and is seen as the region’s premier CT Organisation. Along with its “Extra Mile Transport Co” Garage the organisation

has a combined annual turnover of around £700k.

HCT is a great place to work and is very much a “work family” environment where your training

and personal needs will be met to the full under the watchful eye of Worknest & SafetyNest, who support all of our HR and H&S needs, so we are also a safe and secure employer.

About The Role

The post would ideally suit someone looking for a new challenge, an Office Administrator with good Operational and Organisational skills, who is also ready to be “flexible” and face every challenge.

You will be one of the 1st through our gates at 7am and help close them again at 5pm, but that’s only 4 days a week, the other 3 are your long weekends, enabling a better quality of life in these stressful times (working alternate Mondays and Fridays).

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Provide an effective reception and telephone service
• Utilising Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook to enable and support daily activity
• Maintaining filing systems, driver schedules, staff and volunteer training and HR records.
• Photocopying, and processing mail as is required
• Producing reports and interrogating Microsoft Office Documents
• Contribute to the team effort, reporting via the Fleet Operations Manager
• Cash handling and basic book-keeping
• Liaising with volunteers, staff, managers, and external customers/clients to ensure the above tasks are completed effectively

About You

In an ideal world you will already be an Administrator with Transport experience, however

that could be as part of a local authority, educational establishment, ambulance service provider, Charity or in the care sector

An NVQ Level 3 in Office/Business Administration or equivalent would be an advantage.

You will definitely need a willingness and ability to learn and achieve (fully funded and supported by HCT)

Your Reward For Working For HCT

• Salary £18, 720
• 4% employer contribution to pension
• 36-hour week – 7am to 5pm – Over a 4-day shift (alternate Monday and Friday off) allowing for long-weekends and improved family and social life.
• 20 Days Paid Holidays + Bank Holidays, that’s 28 days, 7 weeks (+ all those long weekends)
• Paid Sickness Scheme which will pay 2 weeks at full pay before moving to 12 weeks SSP
• Reduced cost garage work, staff discount

Closing Date for Applications: 12noon on Friday 22nd April 2022

How To Apply For The Office Administrator Role

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click “apply” today and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to tailor your application and provide a cover letter or any supporting documents.

You must be eligible to work in the UK – Applicants must pass an Enhanced DBS Check

Other suitable skills and experience includes Administration, Admin, Administrator, Office, Office Administrator, Admin Assistant, Office Manager