Job Description & Responsibilities

Job Description & Responsibilities Position: Office Administrator Duration: Part time 20 hours per week

Location: Shrewsbury Reporting to: CEO

Salary: £15,000 pa (pro rata) circa Date to be appointed: ASAP

Background to Signal:

Signal (Sensory Impairment Globally Nationally and Locally) is a registered charity working with people who are deaf or have hearing loss in the UK and overseas. Signal works to build deaf friendly communities to challenge the stigma and isolation faced by people with this hidden disability through education, learning and greater access to health services. In the UK, our work is focused at The Hub in Shropshire, a centre which provides activities and services responding to the needs of deaf people. Our activities include support groups, befriending, outreach work and audiology services which all help people with hearing loss to lead full lives. In Africa, Signal works in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia with teachers, community leaders and the families of deaf children to challenge negative attitudes towards deafness. We focus on integrating young deaf people into school to ensure they have access to quality education, and equal access to health and reproductive services.

Introduction to role:

This position is an excellent opportunity within a growing charity operating both in the UK and in Africa. The role encompasses working with the various different teams to cover the administrative needs of the organisation.

Individual Profile:

 Experience in a similar role  Good organisational skills  Good communication skills  Good IT and computer skills  Be able to organise and prioritise workload Description & Duties:

 The Office Administrator’s main task is to undertake the general administration of the head office.  Maintain and administer incoming and outgoing office correspondence. Including assisting with supporter mailings.  Answer telephone calls and direct calls to the appropriate person.  Support the organisation with data entry.  Assisting department to ensure administration and other appropriate tasks are addressed and completed.  Maintaining and ordering office supplies.  Liaising with the landlord and contractors for the smooth and effective running of the office.  Ensure IT servers are backed-up.  Providing regular back-up and assistance when needed to cover Signal’s operations at our Hub.  Priority given to support the International Programmes department.  Giving suggestions to the management on the overall functioning of the office.

 Interested individuals should apply in writing with a covering letter and a CV to [email protected]

 If you want to discuss the role in confidence please phone 01743 364644

 Closing date: Tuesday 5th July 2016

 No contact from recruitment agencies please