Admin Assistant

As an Admin Assistant at Goodwins Hall Care Home, you will be responsible for providing a high standards of customer service and positive first impressions for all guests visiting the home. 

About Goodwins Hall Care Home: 
Nestled in a quiet area at the bottom of Goodwins Road, our 76-bedroom care home is known for its beautiful fountain centrepiece at the entrance.  

Our sought-after care home provides a variety of high-quality care, whilst boasting a full activities schedule and amazing facilities. Our team at Goodwins Hall are dedicated, committed and caring and constantly strive to ensure all of our residents lead happy and fulfilling lives. 

About the role: 
Reporting to the Home Admin Manager, the Administration Assistant will be in charge of ensuring the reception area provides a friendly, welcoming and professional image at all times. You will also be in charge of supporting the Home Admin Manager with a variety of administrative tasks, such as; answering enquiries, responding to emails, and postal duties.  

Salary: 
£12.71 per hour. 

Shift Pattern: 
37.5 hours per week worked across Monday to Sunday on a rota basis. 

Home Location: 
Goodwins Road, King's Lynn, England, PE30 5PD. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Coordinating all front desk activities including answering all incoming calls, providing information for callers, redirecting calls or taking accurate messages ensuring they are passed to the appropriate person in a timely manner.   
• Assist the Home Admin Manager with payroll tasks such as setting up new starters, recording absence and annual leave and processing leavers.
• Support the Home Admin Manager with day-to-day admin tasks ensuring that they are completed with accuracy and efficiency.
• Assist with enquiry handling, preparing and sending out brochures and responding to and sending emails.

Training, Skills & Experience Required: 

• Previous administrative experience is desirable, as is knowledge of Finance and or HR procedures, however training will be provided for the successful candidate.
• You will have excellent customer service, communication and IT skills, ideally Microsoft Office, together with an eye for detail.
• You are confident in handling personal and sensitive data and ensuring it is maintained in a confidential manner, at all times.
• You are organised, numerate and accurate, with a ‘can-do’ attitude. 

What we can offer: 

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme. 

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).
 
We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.  ​
 
Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.​
 
We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.