Business Administrator

About the role

This full-time Administrator role is an exciting opportunity to join a small, dynamic team dedicated to supporting the work of Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP).

Our mission statement is for the children and young people of Northamptonshire to be as safe as they can from harm, exploitation and neglect.

The work is very varied from working with a range of stakeholders to support meetings by collating papers and taking minutes, to assist in developing reports and data and supporting the Business Manager.

What will you be doing?

To provide administrative, secretarial and clerical support to the Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP), and their Subgroups, under the direction of the NSCP Business Manager.

To provide administrative and secretarial support to the NSCP Business Manager.

Be a point of contact and ensure that there are effective office systems and processes so that staff can deliver an effective service.

About you

Proven experience as an Administrative Assistant, you will need to be methodical in your approach to work, be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, work under your own initiative but also be a team player.

Significant experience in administrative work with proven knowledge of setting up systems, minute taking complex meetings, and providing secretarial support.

Good keyboard skills including knowledge of MS Windows including, Word, Excel and similar software.

Experience of managing complex diary and meeting schedules for a number of groups and a large number of individuals.

An understanding of confidentiality and data protection, and secure filing systems in particular, information of a sensitive nature and with a high emotional content.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)