The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Car Parking Administrator

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available to join The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust within the Security and Car Parking Department where you will provide an effective and efficient car parking service for Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury Hospitals.

Amongst many duties including word processing, drafting general correspondence, all car park administration and dealing with users of the car park you will also support the Car Parking Manager ensuring that all documentation is collated for monthly performance reviews.

You will also benefit from many discounts from a huge array of retailers, staff car parking, a pension scheme, an on-site nursery and much, much more.

This is a full time position. The hours are 37.5 per week, working on Monday to Friday from 08.00am to 16.00pm.

Main duties of the job

General duties will include word processing, spreadsheets, drafting general correspondence, reports and highly confidential documentation and all car park administration to run an effective service. The Post Holder, working under their own initiative will support the Security and Car Parking Manager in the planning & implementation of change to improve the administration service and operational quality and dealing with users of the car park.

The Post Holder will support the Security and Car Parking Manager by ensuring appropriate documentation is collated for monthly performance reviews.

The Post Holder will ensure routine correspondence receives a reply in a timely manner and ensure that telephone enquiries are dealt with in a friendly and professional manner, taking messages and answering routine queries.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

10 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9377-SITE0086

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG


Dewsbury & District Hospital

Halifax Road

Dewsbury

West Yorkshire

WF13 4HS


Pontefract Hospital

Friarwood Lane

Pontefract

West Yorkshire

WF8 1PL


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provide a front-of-house service within the Car Parking office for users of the Car Park. Acting at all times in a courteous and polite manner in this important customer facing role.
  • Maintain the parking permit database in line with agreed procedures. Liaise with MYT General Office and customers to carry out all parking permit administration.
  • Liaise with other departments and subcontractors to ensure Car Parking and Security equipment (including uniforms etc.) are maintained as required, consumables are ordered and distributed following the prescribed procedures, finally ensuring that stock levels are maintained.
  • Provide remote assistance (as part of a team) to Car Park users in the event of equipment malfunction.
  • Responsibility for reconciling cash and card payments collected in the Car Parking Office on a daily basis, including the generation of a card payment received report for audit purposes.
  • Maintain a register of parking tickets issued, and administer payments and reminder letters.
  • Provide administration assistance to the Car Parking Appeals Process and monitor car parking feedback.
  • Administer Day Tickets and Concessionary Tickets where appropriate and ensure correct payments are taken.
  • Provide management information from system generated reports for the weekly and monthly performance monitoring of the car parking service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provide a front-of-house service within the Car Parking office for users of the Car Park. Acting at all times in a courteous and polite manner in this important customer facing role.
  • Maintain the parking permit database in line with agreed procedures. Liaise with MYT General Office and customers to carry out all parking permit administration.
  • Liaise with other departments and subcontractors to ensure Car Parking and Security equipment (including uniforms etc.) are maintained as required, consumables are ordered and distributed following the prescribed procedures, finally ensuring that stock levels are maintained.
  • Provide remote assistance (as part of a team) to Car Park users in the event of equipment malfunction.
  • Responsibility for reconciling cash and card payments collected in the Car Parking Office on a daily basis, including the generation of a card payment received report for audit purposes.
  • Maintain a register of parking tickets issued, and administer payments and reminder letters.
  • Provide administration assistance to the Car Parking Appeals Process and monitor car parking feedback.
  • Administer Day Tickets and Concessionary Tickets where appropriate and ensure correct payments are taken.
  • Provide management information from system generated reports for the weekly and monthly performance monitoring of the car parking service.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Computer literate
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Able to work under pressure & to strict deadlines
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships
  • Demonstrate effective and clear written, verbal and telephone, communication skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good general education to include CSE or GCSE in English Language and Maths or equivalent/experience

Desirable

  • IT skills qualifications; CLAIT or ECDL computer course

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of clerical/administrative duties
  • Experience of working in a customer service environment
  • Experience of regular cash handling in a professional capacity
  • Experience of working with IT systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working in car parking administration
  • Experience of working with confidential material

Knowledge & Awareness

Essential

  • Understanding of need to maintain confidentiality
  • Awareness of own limitations.
  • Understanding of office practice and procedures

Desirable

  • Awareness of Health & Safety issues
  • Awareness of Moving & Handling issues.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Confidence in own abilities
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Team worker
  • Flexibility in working hours and base
Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Computer literate
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Able to work under pressure & to strict deadlines
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships
  • Demonstrate effective and clear written, verbal and telephone, communication skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good general education to include CSE or GCSE in English Language and Maths or equivalent/experience

Desirable

  • IT skills qualifications; CLAIT or ECDL computer course

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of clerical/administrative duties
  • Experience of working in a customer service environment
  • Experience of regular cash handling in a professional capacity
  • Experience of working with IT systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working in car parking administration
  • Experience of working with confidential material

Knowledge & Awareness

Essential

  • Understanding of need to maintain confidentiality
  • Awareness of own limitations.
  • Understanding of office practice and procedures

Desirable

  • Awareness of Health & Safety issues
  • Awareness of Moving & Handling issues.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Confidence in own abilities
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Team worker
  • Flexibility in working hours and base

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Security Manager

Adam Hare

adam.hare@nhs.net

01924544119

Details

Date posted

10 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9377-SITE0086

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG


Dewsbury & District Hospital

Halifax Road

Dewsbury

West Yorkshire

WF13 4HS


Pontefract Hospital

Friarwood Lane

Pontefract

West Yorkshire

WF8 1PL


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