Team Administrator

This role has a starting salary of £27,634 per annum for working 36 hours per week.

Do you have a passion for administration and delivering excellent customer service, actively seeking to support change and thrive in a fast paced environment?

We are looking for Team Administrators to join our expanding team within the Children, Families and Lifelong Learning Business Support Team, located at our Woodhatch Place office (Reigate), providing support to front line social workers based in the South East of Surrey.

Our Offer to You

26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service (prorated for part time staff)
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents. About the Role

As a member of our South East Social Care Business Support Team, you will play an integral role in supporting the Social Care teams by providing a proactive, resilient, and flexible service. You will seamlessly deliver all administrative tasks required daily with an exceptional level of detail, focus and efficiency, being able to adapt easily to the changing needs of the service, working successfully both as part of a team and individually.

As a motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious individual with a strong administration background, you will be joining a team that places a premium on exceptional service delivery and ongoing development.

Key tasks that you will complete within this role will include:

Arranging, attending, and minuting multi agency meetings with professionals and families, producing high quality minutes digitally to an agreed standard, delivered to statutory deadlines.
Accurately recording and uploading information received onto a central database.
Updating and maintaining databases and spreadsheets with performance and task data.
Preparing and submitting documentation on behalf of the social care teams, gaining additional information when needed within tight deadlines.
Managing email duty boxes, prioritising urgent alerts and requests.
Administrative tasks such as post, photocopying, formatting documents, shredding, basic IT support completed to the required standard.
Answering calls from members of the public and professionals, managing challenging callers in an empathetic and assertive manner, and directing them efficiently to the social care teams.
Handling sensitive and confidential documentation, including information relating to children, and ensuring it is managed with the highest levels of care and discretion.Wellbeing and ensuring a work-life balance is very important to us and a key component of this is our hybrid way of working. You won't be required to be in the office 5 days a week, however there is a requirement to work in the office on a rota basis at least two days a week. Core working hours are 08:50-17:00 to ensure full cover is provided to operational teams and front-line call lines.

If successful, you will have an in-depth training programme which will be fully office based for your first 6 weeks in the role.

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

Comprehensive minute taking including the ability to note-take extensive multi agency meetings using a laptop.
Exceptional organisation and prioritisation.
Outstanding customer service and communication skills both verbal and written.
Proactiveness, flexibility and adaptability.
Ability to work resiliently in time sensitive and pressurised environments
Excellent IT skills, with specific focus on Microsoft 365 applications including Excel, Word and SharePoint.To apply, we request that you submit a CV and you will be asked the following 4 questions:

Please tell us about the specific skills that are relevant to this position.
Please detail your previous administration experience.
Comprehensive minute taking skills are an essential requirement of this role. Please give evidence, with examples, of your laptop minute taking experience within a meeting setting.
Please describe and give examples of how you deliver excellent customer service.

This job advert closes at 23:59 on 12th April 2026. Please note that applications will be shortlisted and interviewed on an ongoing basis and therefore vacancies may be filled before the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application early.

A Basic DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check will be required for this role.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation, moving from a two-tier system to two new unitary councils in April 2027. If you are employed by Surrey on 1st April 2027, your role will transfer with current terms and conditions to one of the new organisations, supporting local devolution and greater powers for our communities.

Join our dynamic team and shape the future of local government. Make a lasting impact with innovative solutions and improved services for our community. Help us build a brighter future for our residents!

Our Commitment

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs