Recruitment Services Assistant - Advertising

•    This role provides the opportunity for Hybrid working. This role is predominantly home based. 
•    25 days' annual leave (in addition to bank holidays). 
•    The contract offered is permanent and full-time (37 hours per week), however we can consider 32-36 hours per week working Monday – Friday. 

As a Recruitment Services Assistant part of your role will include assisting in the uploading of job adverts to the council's external jobs website www.jobsinsomerset.co.uk job site and other online platforms. This position plays a crucial role in supporting recruitment and public notices across the whole organisation.
Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Act as a day-to-day contact, providing general advice, guidance and support.
• Communicating with internal departments, external customers and media vendors.
• Setting public notice adverts on PC based QuarkXPress, providing quotes and using bespoke software to book adverts.
• Processing and preparing advertisements and obtaining voucher copies for digital files.
• Booking adverts and sending artwork to various publications, working to various deadlines.
• Supporting the team leader with paying invoices e.g. Uploading invoices to be processed.

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, with agreement from the manager.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

•    Are educated to GCSE/ NVQ Level 2 standard or equivalent including Maths and English.
•    Have excellent IT skills with experience using Microsoft Office, typing and internet navigation. This role will require the successful post holder to learn new software such as QuarkXPress and data entry. 
•    Have great organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload and work to tight deadlines with accuracy. 

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset and that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve. 

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.
We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

•    We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
•    Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
•    Staff discounts in gyms.
•    Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
•    Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
•    A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
•    My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more…

The salary for the role is Grade 14, ranging from £24,404 to £25,183 per annum (pro rata for part time hours).

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Leaine Diamond on 01823 357 739 or email leaine.diamond@somerset.gov.uk.

*We recommend applying as soon as possible as we anticipate interviewing before the advert closing date.*

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.