Legal & Governance Support Administrator

Job Title: Legal & Governance Support Administrator
Location: London Borough of Harrow, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8NT
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for London Borough of Harrow
Contract Type: Temporary (3 months ongoing)
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
Working Arrangements: Working onsite, Harrow Civic Hub

Overview of the Role:
Pertemps is seeking a motivated and self-driven Legal & Governance Support Administrator to join the expanding team at the London Borough of Harrow. This temporary role offers a competitive pay rate of up to £14.50 per hour, excellent training, career development support, and 21 days of holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).

Main Purpose of a Legal & Governance Support Administrator:

• To be responsible for the collection, receipt and the sorting and distribution of incoming, outgoing and internal post (including DX) and for postal record keeping, taking responsibility for action in line with business processes.
• To undertake general administrative duties including, filing, photocopying, collating papers and typing standard letters etc
• To answer routine telephone, email and written queries and enquiries, signposting as appropriate or forwarding a message to relevant colleague.
• To maintain the required working knowledge of the range of computer systems, office machinery and equipment in the service area to ensure effective use of the facilities available in performing the job

Requirements:

• To be familiar with general administrative practices including information technology
• Knowledge of a range of computer systems, packages and databases eg: Microsoft packages, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, , Publisher, D365, Spitfire and Strand.
• Knowledge of the principles of delivering excellent customer services.
• Dealing with customers both internal and external to the council including councillors,
• Accessing databases to input, maintain and retrieve data.
• Proven administrative experience in a service provider environment.

About us:
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.

London Borough of Harrow is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn