School Place Planning Assistant
Job introduction
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About the role
We are looking for a School Place Planning Assistant to provide essential administrative and organisational support to the Place Planning & Admissions team. This role plays a key part in supporting statutory school place planning, helping to ensure processes run smoothly, records are accurate, and enquiries are managed efficiently.
Working closely with Place Planning Team, you’ll help free up professional capacity so the team can focus on forecasting demand and securing sufficient education provision across the area.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is highly organised, detail‑focused and enjoys supporting a busy, data‑led service.
Additional information
You’ll be a proactive and organised individual with a strong eye for detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
You’ll bring:
- Experience working in an administrative or support role
- Strong organisational and record‑keeping skills
- Confident using Office 365 (or willingness to undertake training)
- The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
It would be great if you also have:
- Experience working within a local authority or public sector environment
- Experience maintaining spreadsheets, trackers or databases
- Experience supporting finance‑related processes
Company information
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
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