Technical Assistant in Huntingdon

Salary: Circa £35,000 depending on experience

Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water Region with regular travel to offices in Huntingdon and Peterborough

Working Pattern: Hybrid working – 2–3 days per week in the office

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent (With opportunities for part-time)

Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. Our Water Supply team produces world-class drinking water to the highest standard, delivers it to millions of homes, and carefully manages it to ensure it never runs out, every single day. We supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip.

As a Technical Assistant, you’ll provide high-level executive, administrative and technical support to the Water Supply Leadership Team. Reporting to the Water Supply Director, you’ll play a vital role in enabling the Senior Leadership Team by managing complex diaries, communications and meetings, and coordinating technical documentation and governance activity. Operating with professionalism, discretion and confidence, you’ll work closely with senior leaders, operational teams and stakeholders across the business in a fast-paced leadership environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and ensure compliance with Anglian Water Health, Safety and Wellbeing principles, driving a culture of continuous improvement
• Provide proactive, professional support to senior leaders, acting as a key point of contact internally and externally
• Manage complex diaries, correspondence and inboxes, prioritising competing demands and drafting responses where appropriate
• Organise meetings, workshops, site visits and board-level sessions, including agendas, papers, logistics and minute taking
• Prepare, format and quality-check reports, presentations, dashboards and technical documentation
• Maintain accurate action logs, document control and structured filing systems
• Support governance, compliance and audit readiness across the directorate
• Build strong working relationships with leadership teams, operational managers and partners
• Communicate clearly and consistently across teams, enabling effective collaboration and supporting a high-performing team environment
• Coordinate travel, accommodation and events in line with company processes

Requirements

• Proven advanced administrative and organisational experience
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams
• Experience of minute taking and supporting formal governance meetings
• Experience supporting senior leaders within a complex or technical organisation would be beneficial
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities
• Excellent communication, time-management and attention-to-detail skills
• Ability to work with discretion, integrity and professional judgement

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 26 days leave (rising with service) + Bank Holidays, with flexibility for religious holidays
• Life Cover at 8x your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Flexible working options
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Why Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, we’re committed to delivering sustainable water services and investing in our people. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing Date: 29/05/2026