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Introduction

Are you highly organised, detail-focused, and confident working to strict deadlines? Do you have experience coordinating information across multiple teams and managing competing priorities? Can you build effective working relationships and ensure processes are followed accurately and efficiently? If so, we'd like to hear from you.

This role requires strong organisational skills, excellent communication, the ability to manage and track information requests, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes within statutory and policy timescales.

What’s the role?

Are you highly organised with excellent attention to detail? Do you have experience coordinating information requests, managing competing deadlines, and working collaboratively across multiple service areas? Are you confident monitoring progress, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring information is collated and provided within statutory timescales? If so, we'd love to hear from you

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

An organised and proactive individual with strong coordination and administrative skills, able to manage Subject Access Request activity across the Housing Directorate while supporting the Housing Complaints and Feedback Team with complaint allocation, shared inbox management and other administrative duties. You will be responsible for allocating requests, monitoring progress, chasing outstanding information and ensuring records are received, collated and submitted within agreed policy and statutory timescales, while maintaining accurate records, supporting effective case management and working collaboratively with a diverse range of colleagues, stakeholders and customers.

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Dominique.Benjamin@lewisham.gov.uk

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£33,513 - £34,488 per annum (SC4)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

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