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Skills you need

We want you, not your qualifications

For us, your personal qualities are just as important as your skills and experience.

You should:

  • Be organised. You must have the ability to produce and maintain accurate records for an area of work
  • Have excellent communication skills. You will need to act as a key contact point for all communications. You must be able to prioritise and distribute communications to the appropriate person or relevant department in the establishment
  • Be detail focused. You will need to maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing systems, and logs of information, responding within agreed timescales and producing reports as required
  • Hold good IT skills including proficiency in MS Word, basic skills in Excel and be able to use databases
  • Fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh

In your first few months you’ll get work-based training. You’ll be supported by your team throughout, and you’ll be there for them in turn.

Someone like you?

Before you apply, why not get more of a feel for if the role is a good match for your personal strengths and skills?