all change ADMINISTRATOR - maternity cover

Fixed term: 9 months from 17 May 2010, full-time with some evening/weekend work
£22,000 pa pro rata
All Change works to develop and promote the role of the arts in society by bringing artists and people together to deliver original, high quality arts projects, which promote artistic excellence and affect positive change for individuals and communities.
We require a capable and motivated administrator to ensure the smooth running of our Islington office and the delivery of key tasks during a period of maternity leave.
Main duties to include:
- office communications, reception duties
- company financial systems including Excel bookkeeping
- maintaining participant monitoring systems data entry and analysis
- administrative support to small staff team
- upkeep of equipment, purchase of supplies, etc.
- correspondence, minute taking
- managing database(s), mailing lists
- assistance with: delivery and promotion of projects/events; project evaluations
Requirements:
- superb written and verbal communication skills
- excellent administrative and organisational skills
- relevant experience - ideally having worked in a busy office before
- high level of accuracy, thoroughness, attention to detail
- can-do, will-do approach with ability to multi-task
- ability to take direction but with confidence to work unchecked
- fluency in standard office software
- ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
- interest in All Changes work and its purpose
In short, youll provide a friendly, flexible and professional administrative service.
All Change works with potentially vulnerable people. If recruited, you will need to complete an application to the Criminal Records Bureau to enable a check to be conducted.

patently I lacked the superlative administrative and organisational skills to make this application.
what strikes me forcibly in the rubric is the tension between thoroughness whilst working under pressure and relaxed flexibility: which would be the right approach? it's a recipe for failure