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  • Fife Voluntary Action - Administrative Officer - Footcare Fife

    Created: 17/10/2018
    News/Events Category: Job Vacancies


    Post Title: Administrative Officer - Footcare Fife
    Hours: 35 hours per week,
    fixed term funded initially to September 2019
    Salary: £17,000 per annum, plus 7% non-contributory pension
    Location: Glenrothes
    Reporting to: Head of Health and Care

    We’re looking for an Administrative Officer to join our highly successful Footcare Fife team.  Footcare Fife is a volunteer delivered service, supported by Fife's Health and Social Care Partnership, which provides thousands of personal footcare appointments every year.

    Main Purpose of Post

    Predominantly provide high quality, accurate administrative support to the Footcare Fife Project including maintaining and updating the appointment database, liaise with venues, volunteers and customers and, after personal footcare training, provide backup cover where and whenever necessary.

    Main Duties

    1. Maintain and manage the Footcare Fife database system, ensuring that it is accurate and up to date including dealing with enquiries, managing waiting lists and cancellations, liaising with and scheduling venues and volunteers appropriately;
    2. Support the development of a plan to grow the Footcare Fife project both geographically and by volume;
    3. Assist the Project Co-ordinator in developing community resources and creating collaborative working partnerships;
    4. Liaise with, and help maintain, positive relationships with NHS partners and other stakeholders;
    5. Handle receipt of cash from clinics with appropriate and accurate documentation for finance;
    6. Support inventory management and stock ordering;
    7. Act as point of contact and administrative support for our Footcare Fife volunteers;
    8. Provide backup cover for unplanned volunteer absences as required – providing personal footcare on an occasional basis;
    9. To provide some administrative support for other projects;
    10. To support other staff when required in relation to specific activities such as event management;
    11. Consistently gather and report data required for FVA’s quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation systems;
    12. To take personal responsibility for contributing to high quality standards in customer relations, service delivery, project management and communications.

    For more information please click on the job description link below.

    Please e-mail completed applications to [email protected].

    Send completed and signed applications (marked as private and confidential) to: CEO, Fife Voluntary Action, Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF.

    Closing date for all applications is Wednesday 07 November 2018.
    Interviews will be held on Friday 23 November 2018.

    Please find below the application form and guidance notes for completing the application form.

    Application form (WORD)

    Job Description and Person Specification (PDF)

    Guidance Note (PDF)




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