Works Team Administrator

Key information

Closing date: 12pm, Tuesday 18 February 2025

£13.85 per hour / £10,803 per annum

Part-time, 15 hours per week

Permanent Contract

Based in London, SW1P

Interviews: w/c 24 February 2025

 

Please see the job description for this role below:

Works Team Administrator Job Description

 

Are you highly organised and have a keen attention to detail? Then you could be the next Team Administrator for our Cathedral Estate team.

 

What you’ll be doing

Working in a vibrant team at the heart of the Diocese, you will be responsible for providing administrative support across the Cathedral Estate team, most specifically supporting the Cathedral Estate Works Manager. At the core of your duties will be providing administrative support to the Works Manager and supporting the wider Maintenance Team when required, liaising with external contractors and consultants to coordinate repair and maintenance works, and data management and reporting in preparation for audits and presentations for the Cathedral Estate team.

Additionally, you will be integral to the management of the departmental records, as you will have responsibilities surrounding the maintenance of digital and physical filing systems, expense reporting, supply ordering and organising meetings and events on behalf of the Cathedral Estate Works Manager.

This means there’s lots to get involved in – and to be excited about.

 

What we’re looking for

You’ll love working in a person-centred role, using your keen eye for detail and excellent organisational skills to ensue the efficient and smooth-running of a busy team. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and will have the ability to work discreetly and with confidentiality at the centre of your practice. Also, you will be confident working within a small, close-knit team, both independently and collaboratively as required.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to effectively prioritise your working time, managing conflicting deadlines and workload with a calm and measured approach to your work. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the Cathedral Estate team, a friendly, professional and approachable member of the team who is a real asset to the day-to-day execution of the administrative duties required.

It is not required for the successful candidate to be a practicing Roman Catholic. The team consists of a good mix of those with a Catholic faith and those of other faiths or none. What we require above all else is that you respect the values we share to help others and support decent and dignified work for all without prejudice.

 

What we offer you

In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but is not limited to:

  • Life Assurance
  • Access to Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Discounts scheme through Reward Gateway – shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets gift cards and much more
  • Specsavers Eyecare Vouchers
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Access to low cost loans with Churches Mutual
  • Employee assistance programme– free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting home life

 

Who are we?

We are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, a faith-based charity with offices close to Victoria Train and Underground Station and just a short walk from St James Park and Westminster Underground stations.

We are home to the Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal Vincent Nichols) & our beautiful Westminster Cathedral. We are one of the leading Catholic dioceses in the country, delivering our charitable mission through our network of 208 schools in which over 90,000 pupils attend daily, 212 parishes and several hundred social justice initiatives. We seek to positively impact the lives of all members of society.

Our core values are Competence, Reliability, Honesty, Perseverance & Love.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do and as such we are looking for a Team Administrator who is able to clearly demonstrate and evidence them

 

Application details

Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We would like to increase representation of diverse groups among our staff as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.

To be considered for the role, please complete an online application. CVs will NOT be considered, therefore, please do not send them. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please note that you will need to be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this position. You must provide proof of Right to Work in the UK.  We reserve the right to remove the vacancy before closing date.

 

Equal Opportunities & Living Wage Statement:

The Diocese of Westminster is an Equal Opportunities and accredited Living Wage employer. To be successful, we aspire to be person centered at all times and place human dignity at our centre. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is best suited to the job, and we welcome applications from all communities and underrepresented groups, regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, faith, age and gender. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We strive to take a holistic approach to the development of our people so that we may better serve and empower the mission of our Church as ministered by the parishes, deaneries, schools and communities that we support. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrating and promoting diversity.

We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our organisation, share a sense of belonging and demonstrate our values. With this in mind, we positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion at the Diocese of Westminster and place it at the heart of our aim which is to reflect and connect with the diverse communities that we serve.

Actions we take to provide equality of opportunity for all candidates include:

  • We anonymise application forms during our shortlisting process to ensure that candidates are assessed without any consideration of their name, gender or background.
  • As part of this anonymisation, we don’t take into consideration where candidates studied, or the method of that study e.g. full-time, part-time or distance learning.
  • We apply a consistent approach to our question setting across our applications and interviews to ensure that everyone is assessed against the identified values, competencies and job requirements. Our values are important to us and as such we use a scoring framework that marks candidates based on values, behaviours and competencies.
  • We provide guidance and brief all our interviewers throughout the selection processes in recruitment best-practice to mitigate against any potential for conscious or unconscious bias or discrimination. Whenever possible we will have multiple interviewers when assessing each candidate to ensure marking is accurate and fair.
  • We ensure all our assessment venues are accessible. We offer alternative formats of our application forms to encourage applicants with disabilities or who require reasonable adjustments to perform at their best.
  • We will work together with candidates with a disability or health condition to implement reasonable adjustments to enable them to feel comfortable and strive during the assessment process.