Car Parking Co-Ordinator

CDD Services (Synchronicity Care Ltd)

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Job summary

Synchronicity Care Ltd (SCL) is seeking to appoint a Car Parking Coordinator to work within the Car parking & Facilities team. This exciting role will provide a professional, efficient, comprehensive customer service & administrative service to the Car Parking Team.

The position is challenging, varied, interesting and an opportunity to work with the members of the Car Parking & Facilities Team as well as other Departmental colleagues to deliver operational and administrative support whilst delivering exceptional customer care. Consistently applying Departmental policies and procudure whilst ensuring that records are accurately maintained in accordance with policy and legislation ensures no two days will be the same.

This is a key role where you will be required to liaise with staff at all levels, including very senior managers, external stakeholders and visitors therefore the strictest professionalism must be maintained at all times.

Working as a part of the Team you will telephony and administrative support and advise to members of the staff, public and SCL Management Team to ensure the effective and efficient running of car parking services across CDDFT.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out and have responsibility for Car Parking and Associated Facilities Administration areas using the available resources. This includes but is not limited to;-

Processing Car Parking Applications and Administration Processes

Dealing with Car Parking Queries/Complaints from staff and members of the public both face to face and electronically.

Ensuring appropriate Car parking / Facilities records are kept up to date

Utilising Microsoft Office Suites including monitoring of shared mailboxes

Placing Orders, Invoicing and Receipting via the Cardea ordering system

Monthly reporting

Minute Taking Action Logs, Meeting Recording & Minutes

Agency Usage & Invoicing

Assist as necessary with car parking projects/space allocation etc

About us

CDD Services / SCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) set up to deliver a range of non-clinical services The company is a separate legal body to CDDFT.

CDD Services offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ to the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:

  • A Competitive salary
  • Excellent Performance Related Bonus Scheme
  • Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) CDD Services will pay a 3% contribution (this is over and above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
  • Night Shift Working Allowances (where appropriate)
  • Bank Holiday Working Allowances (where appropriate)

Bank work is offered on an 'as and when' basis with no guaranteed hours and will be paid on a pro-rata hourly rate for hours worked only.

Date posted

25 March 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,953 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M9439-24-0030

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

DL3 6HX


University Hospital Of North Durham

North Road

Durham

DH1 5TW


Job description

Job responsibilities

o Provide a full range of admin support to the Car Parking and Associated Facilities services, working with minimal supervision and escalating matters as necessary to the Head of Facilities.

o Deal with telephone enquiries, taking and conveying messages appropriately and redirecting inappropriate calls to support staff whilst adhering to SCLs Code of Confidentiality.

o Operate efficient and up-to-date administrative systems and processes for all car parking tasks

o Maintain accurate and timely data entry to databases to meet service requirements, ensuring documents are classified and filed for ease of reference and retrieval.

o Prioritise own workload to meet the needs of the service and ensure all deadlines are met

o Transmit electronic mail, photocopy documents and circulate information on behalf of the Car Parking Department within Trust and SCL timescales.

o Enter and maintain accurate data on systems

o To receive visitors to the department in a professional, friendly manner while actively maintaining the security of the area and to answer telephone calls to the department ensuring a professional, helpful and prompt response

o To communicate efficiently verbally, by email or by letter giving an excellent level of customer service to all

o To work within agreed guidelines to ensure car parking permits are issued/cancelled

o To place orders on the Cardea system and receipt invoices when required

o Comply with SCLs Standing Orders, Policies and Procedures

o Collect, open, sort and distribute mail

o Ensure the work environment is tidy and complies with health and safety guidelines

o Participate in necessary departmental and mandatory training as required

o Any other duties required, ensuring the efficient operation of the service

o Provide cover for absence and sickness, when required, for any other member of staff within the BSU as appropriate

General

The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive; the post holder is expected to be co-operative and flexible in line with the needs of the post, department and the needs of SCL.

Job description

Job responsibilities

o Provide a full range of admin support to the Car Parking and Associated Facilities services, working with minimal supervision and escalating matters as necessary to the Head of Facilities.

o Deal with telephone enquiries, taking and conveying messages appropriately and redirecting inappropriate calls to support staff whilst adhering to SCLs Code of Confidentiality.

o Operate efficient and up-to-date administrative systems and processes for all car parking tasks

o Maintain accurate and timely data entry to databases to meet service requirements, ensuring documents are classified and filed for ease of reference and retrieval.

o Prioritise own workload to meet the needs of the service and ensure all deadlines are met

o Transmit electronic mail, photocopy documents and circulate information on behalf of the Car Parking Department within Trust and SCL timescales.

o Enter and maintain accurate data on systems

o To receive visitors to the department in a professional, friendly manner while actively maintaining the security of the area and to answer telephone calls to the department ensuring a professional, helpful and prompt response

o To communicate efficiently verbally, by email or by letter giving an excellent level of customer service to all

o To work within agreed guidelines to ensure car parking permits are issued/cancelled

o To place orders on the Cardea system and receipt invoices when required

o Comply with SCLs Standing Orders, Policies and Procedures

o Collect, open, sort and distribute mail

o Ensure the work environment is tidy and complies with health and safety guidelines

o Participate in necessary departmental and mandatory training as required

o Any other duties required, ensuring the efficient operation of the service

o Provide cover for absence and sickness, when required, for any other member of staff within the BSU as appropriate

General

The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive; the post holder is expected to be co-operative and flexible in line with the needs of the post, department and the needs of SCL.

Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

  • Must be caring, fully flexible, reliable and have good levels of personal hygiene.

Desirable

  • The ability to work unsupervised

Qualifications

Essential

  • Possession of or working towards an NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent knowledge/experience (E)

Desirable

  • Good standard of general education, minimum of 3 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above including Maths and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an Administrative/Clerical role (E)

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • High degree of numeracy and well developed information handling
  • Organisational & interpersonal Skills
  • Excellent written and verbal skills, flexible and motivated.
  • Must be able to work as part of a team
  • Ability to work under own initiative, prioritise own work load, with minimal supervision and following set priorities
  • Flexible approach to work and adaptable to change
  • Able to use own initiative to resolve routine queries, in line with departmental procedures
  • Ability to work with external organisations and staff at all levels
  • Understanding of the requirement to maintain discretion and confidentiality
  • Experience of using a full range of Microsoft Office applications
Person Specification

Special Requirements

Essential

  • Must be caring, fully flexible, reliable and have good levels of personal hygiene.

Desirable

  • The ability to work unsupervised

Qualifications

Essential

  • Possession of or working towards an NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent knowledge/experience (E)

Desirable

  • Good standard of general education, minimum of 3 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above including Maths and English

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an Administrative/Clerical role (E)

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • High degree of numeracy and well developed information handling
  • Organisational & interpersonal Skills
  • Excellent written and verbal skills, flexible and motivated.
  • Must be able to work as part of a team
  • Ability to work under own initiative, prioritise own work load, with minimal supervision and following set priorities
  • Flexible approach to work and adaptable to change
  • Able to use own initiative to resolve routine queries, in line with departmental procedures
  • Ability to work with external organisations and staff at all levels
  • Understanding of the requirement to maintain discretion and confidentiality
  • Experience of using a full range of Microsoft Office applications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

CDD Services (Synchronicity Care Ltd)

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

DL3 6HX


Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

CDD Services (Synchronicity Care Ltd)

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

DL3 6HX


Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Facilities

William Thompson

William.thompson3@nhs.net

01325743547

Date posted

25 March 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,953 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M9439-24-0030

Job locations

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

DL3 6HX


University Hospital Of North Durham

North Road

Durham

DH1 5TW


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