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ELHAP Admin Assistant/Receptionist Vacancy

Hours: 20 hours per week (12:30pm to 4.30pm, Monday to Thursdays, and 8:30am to 12:30pm on Fridays)
Salary: £8,570 per annum
Contract: Permanent
About the role
We are seeking a self-motivated Admin Assistant for this vital and busy role. The successful applicant will be the first point of contact for all our visitors and service users on arrival at ELHAP and will contribute to the effective running of ELHAP’s day-to-day services by overseeing the reception area.  Duties will include:-

  • Processing volunteer applications through Better Impact website
  • Administrating the volunteer project, including processing online volunteer applications, maintaining volunteer files and  updating volunteer databases
  • Managing a busy switchboard
  • Supporting the senior management team
  • General receptionist / admin duties

About you
The successful candidate will need to be highly organised, have excellent interpersonal, communication and customer service skills with a proven ability to manage busy workloads. You will bring enthusiasm, dedication and an interest in working for a small but amazing charity.

About us
ELHAP is one of only eight adventure playgrounds for disabled children, young people and adults. For over40 years we have provided fantastic services to many thousands of disabled children, young people and adults from across North East London and Essex. We are a unique charity with a superb staff team who are passionate and dedicated to ELHAP and its future.

Closing date: 4.00pm on Thursday 25th January 2018

ELHAP Charity Registration No: 1077508. ELHAP is an equal opportunities employer.

These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicants will be expected to undertake satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosures. ELHAP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

​Job Description and Person Specification

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How to Apply

Before you start the application process, you need to prepare the following:

- Personal details
- Curriculum Vitae 
- Supporting Statement
- 2 references (one needs to be your current or most recent employer or tutor)

- Criminal Records and Disqualification
- Equality and Diversity Monitoring

We advise you complete your C.V. and supporting statement offline (i.e. in a Word document) before you complete the next section.

Your CV needs to include your current and past education and employment and saved in a txt, rtf, doc, docx or pdf format.   

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification carefully, your supporting statement should show how you have gained the skills and experienceess).

Start your Application

Please complete the online ELHAP Job Application Form by clicking on the button below (a new window will open): 
Start your Application

ELHAP (A Special Needs Adventure Playground)

Supporting thousands of disabled and disadvantaged children since 1976 
ELHAP (A Special Needs Adventure Playground) is a registered charity (Registration No 1077508) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (Registration No 3697053). Registered office: 119 Roding Lane North, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8NA.
  • home
  • About
    • Work for ELHAP
    • Leaflets
    • Annual Reports
    • Health & Safety
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Legal
  • What we do
    • Playschemes
    • Orchard Project
    • Transition Project
    • Siblings Project
    • Visiting Groups
  • Get Involved
    • Make a Donation
    • Volunteer
    • Events
    • Fundraise for ELHAP
  • Contact
  • watch our video
  • Donate
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