GS Hiring for Education Administrator Job at Milton Keynes, England Full Time

Education Administrator

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary range £21,591.00 – £25,673.00 per annum

Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts, local Gym discounts and ongoing training and development

At Oakhill Secure Training Centre we look after young people aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The vulnerable young people in our care can be challenging with a wide range of social and emotional complex needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for young people to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led them into custody.

Oakhill Secure Training Centre works closely with the Youth Custody Services to ensure that its regimes and designs reflect best practice in residential care to prevent offending.

We now have an opportunity for a organised and motivated individual to join our team to provide effective and efficient administration service to the education department at Oakhill STC.

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Provide a full administrative service so that the needs of the functional/departmental team are met.
• Maintain effective work systems, ensuring that all correspondence and documentation is dealt with in a professional manner that meets audit requirements.
• Ensure correct exam storage conditions are followed and an audit completed weekly
• Ensure all exams are correctly processed and recorded at all times
• Liaise with other departments to process all departmental purchase requests within a reasonable timeframe
• Maintain comprehensive stocks of all forms and documentation required by the function/department so that it is available when required.
• Collate, produce and distribute regular and ad-hoc statistics and reports so that individuals and departments receive accurate up to date information.
• Deal with all routine queries so that an appropriate response is provided.
• Collate and distribute information and reports to ensure high standards of service delivery are maintained.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills

• Ability to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Calendar, Google Docs and Google sheets

Desirable Skills

• Previous experience in similar role
• Minute taking skills

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people. If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years. You will also be required to undergo DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process.