Administration Officer Vacancy

Job Description

• Job Title: Administration Officer

• Main Purpose: To support the Devon Mental Health Alliance to manage incoming referrals and help coordinate the team through general administrative activity

• Salary: £24,500 per year

• Term: Fixed term until 31st January 2025, with a potential 2-year extension

• Location: Either Exeter, Plymouth or Torbay — see details below

• Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week; occasional evening and weekend work as required

• Reporting to: Locality Manager (dependent on location)

• Annual leave: 31 days (this includes 8 paid bank holidays) — increases by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 36 days after 5 years service

• Pension: NEST Workplace Pension Scheme

Recruitment Process

Please note: While this job vacancy is being managed by Devon Mind,the hiring organisation will depend on your location and where you want to be based — Step One Charity in Exeter, Devon Mind in Plymouth, or Shekinah in Torbay. We will discuss location and hiring organisation arrangements with successful applicants.

How to Apply

1. Download and complete the Application Form – please ensure that you show how you meet the person specification, giving examples of previous experience where relevant to evidence this.

2. Download and complete the Personal Details Form – we do not collect personal data on the Application Form as we have a ‘blind’ shortlisting process.

3. Download and complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form – the information on this form is not used in any way in the recruitment process.

4. Return the forms above to Devon Mind’s recruitment team by emailing vacancies@devonmind.com on or before the closing date, Friday 23 June 2023.

Please note that we can only accept applications via email in Microsoft Word or PDF format. CVs will not be accepted.

Interviews

Interviews are planned to take place remotely over Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the interview is to expand on the information you have provided on your application so we can make a judgement on the extent to which you meet, or exceed, the selection criteria. We aim to do this fairly and objectively, and the questions we ask will be specifically aimed to test the selection criteria.