Clerical Officer Receptionist

Company: Instagram
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Location: Newton Aycliffe
Job Description:

We are looking to appoint a temporary (18 months) part time Clerical Officer/Receptionist within Business Services to provide a professional, effective and efficient receptionist service and general administrative support to visitors, callers, users and members of the Families First and One Point Services.

The post will be primarily based at our CYPS Newton Aycliffe office but will also cover other offices in the Newton Aycliffe, Ferryhill and Tudhoe area as needed. This is a non‑hybrid role. We are looking for a professional and enthusiastic team player who takes pride in providing excellent customer‑service. The successful candidate will have good communication skills, be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy, be well‑organised and flexible, have good IT skills, and manage changing priorities. The role also requires working unsupervised using your own initiative.

Responsibilities

  • Reception duties
  • Dealing with incoming and outgoing correspondence
  • Telephone answering and message taking
  • Ordering
  • Data entry
  • File management, including scanning and archiving
  • Typing duties, including production of posters and display materials
  • Arranging transport
  • Issue and recording of petty cash transactions
  • Booking rooms and diary management

Qualifications

  • 4 GCSEs (A‑C grades including English Language or Literature) or NVQ level 2 Business (or equivalent related subject)

Benefits

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements.

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Posted: July 8th, 2026