Public Health Administrator in Kettering

We are looking to recruit an Administrator to the North Northamptonshire Public Health team. The purpose of the role is to provide a high level of flexible administrative support to the Public Health team, supporting the Business Manager and Business Support team members to ensure the efficient running of the department.

It would be advantageous if you have an understanding of supporting management within a busy, office-based environment, and can demonstrate experience of various administrative processes and procedures such as diary management, organising and minuting meetings, and using and maintaining information technology such as Microsoft Office and SharePoint.

Above all, we are keen to attract people who will embrace the values of teamwork, who are excited to learn new skills and have an organised, detail-oriented approach to their work.

This is a fixed-term post with an end date of 31/03/2027.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of business processes to support management and ensure the efficient running of the Public Health team.
• Assist, coach and mentor less experienced colleagues in the performance of routine tasks to support the achievement of individual and team performance and development objectives.
• Arrange all aspects of internal, inter-agency and inter-departmental meetings, including note taking/minuting in some cases.
• Maintain information technology and office systems to ensure effective services including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, e-recruitment, ERP Gold etc.
• Provide an efficient and confidential support service to senior managers, including diary management responsibilities.
• Be first point of contact for any internal/external telephone or email queries that will require escalating to more senior members of the team.
• On instruction, raise purchase orders, invoices and journals for the team via ERP Gold.
• Initiate and build good working relationships with colleagues and other professionals to deliver the service required.

• Essential Criteria
  • Able to demonstrate a good level of general education equivalent to GCSE standard in English and Maths grade A-C.
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a relevant subject or experience in administrator work.
  • Ability to demonstrate good IT skills and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Desirable Criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject.
  • Knowledge of SharePoint/Outlook.

• Essential Criteria
  • Experience of working in a busy office based role.
  • Demonstrate experience of arranging, supporting and minuting meetings to a high standard.
  • Experience of diary management.

• Essential Criteria
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to demonstrate a flexible and creative approach to problem solving.
  • Able to work independently and as an effective team member with minimum supervision.
  • Appropriate level of data protection security and confidentiality awareness.
  • Able to prioritise own workload and cope well under pressure to meet deadlines.

Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.

Able to demonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to health and Safety and a willingness to undertake training to enable implementation of procedures.

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! 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.

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.

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. Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).