Admin Officer – City of Westminster Council

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GIRO’S PERSUASIVE POWERS

The Adult Services team in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. We love it when our work touches lives.

Take Stepping to the Beat, our 3k walk, jog or run for people with learning or physical disabilities or Autism, their families and carers. It’s a life-affirming, music-based event Coreen and Claudia are massively proud of – and they were keen for people to spread the word. So, imagine how thrilled they were when one of our residents, Giro, did just that. Advocating for people with disabilities at a planning meeting for transport in London, he was proudly wearing his event medal. And he decided to use it to encourage others. As he passed it around the room, Giro inspired lots more people with disabilities to get involved. Infectious enthusiasm goes a long way here.

The Role:

Joining us as an Administrator in Adult Social Care, you can make your own positive contribution to the lives of residents, especially those with mental health issues. You’ll ensure all office systems and processes run smoothly so that mental health professionals can focus on the needs of their service users. In particular, you’ll support our Mental Health Social Care Lead and Central Approved Mental Health Professional team by taking referrals, entering data on clinical records and supporting staff to organise assessments. Workloads can be demanding but this is a close-knit team and you’ll have plenty of support, as well as genuine opportunities for learning and development.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

Good interpersonal skills are at the heart of this role: you must be able to interact sensitively and respectfully with a diverse range of service users and carers. You’re likely to have some experience in an administrative or secretarial role that will have given you a good knowledge of office IT and office procedures. Efficient, professional and systematic in your approach, you’ll be able to organise and prioritise your own work while maintaining flexibility and working cooperatively.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. There are 250,000 diverse residents, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people working here every day. Our mission is to create a city for all. We’re an organisation that wants the very best for our residents: a supportive and safe environment, the chance to grow and learn throughout their lives, to build fantastic careers in world-leading industries, to have access to high-quality, affordable housing and to retire into the community with dignity and pride.

We want Westminster to be a place where you can make the most of your talents and thrive as an individual. That’s why we’re proud to have won Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative in the 2020/21 Business Culture Awards. By being the best you can be, you’ll help us adapt to the changing needs of our organisation and communities.

At Westminster City Council, we are passionate about our aim to be an inclusive workplace for all that reflects the communities we serve, and we believe everyone is valued. We particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, including B.A.M.E (Black, Asian and Multiple Ethnic background), LGBTQ+ and those with hidden or visible disabilities. We’re committed to ensuring all our staff – regardless of gender, age, religion, sexuality, ethnicity or disability – can succeed. We value diversity and appreciate that people work in different ways. So, as a Timewise employer we work to provide flexible working arrangements and an empowering environment that enables you to be your best, that is the Westminster Way.