Office Assistant

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Job description

One in seven babies is born premature or sick and needing care on a neonatal unit - this isn't what most parents expect for their baby. Join the leading national charity dedicated to supporting babies, families and NHS staff at this critical time.

Role Summary

Bliss is an award-winning charity looking for an Office Assistant to play a central role in a supportive and ambitious Finance and Operations Team, based in our office near London Bridge.

You will have experience of working in a fast-paced administrator role, a passion for learning new things, and a desire to provide support in a variety of ways.

The ideal candidate will have experience of administrative work for a charity or private sector organisation, and will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Excellent IT skills including confidence in using Microsoft applications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent attention to detail
An ability to be self-motivated, and to work independently as well as part of a team
An ability to think creatively and look for new ways of working
A willingness to go the extra mile, to provide genuine support to those around you

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop and refine their skills in this varied and interesting role.Recent post holders have particularly enjoyed supporting with a wide variety of work right across the charity, including fundraising, digital support and content creation.

For more details, please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert and also available on our website.

Why work for Bliss?

Bliss values and celebrates the work of its Finance and Operations Team, which is at the heart of the organisation, and we encourage all members of the team to engage with and understand our frontline work.

We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits including 25 days paid holiday (pro rata), flexible working practices, time off for volunteering, family friendly policies, and learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning. Please see the JD for more details.

Bliss recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equity and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, including applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as well as from LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

How to apply

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

Your CV
Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification. This should address all the essential points of the person specification and is expected to be less than 1 A4 page long.

Recruitment Timeline

We are recruiting on an immediate basis and early applications will be prioritised
First round interviews will take place on a rolling basis after shortlisting

It is Bliss' policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for an interview so if you have not heard from us three weeks after you apply, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.