Work Base
Retford Education Centre, Retford, DN22 7EA
Salary
£25,583 – £26,403 per annum
Type of vacancy
Fixed Term
Work pattern
Full Time
Duration (Months)
12
Hours per week
37
Work Base
Retford Education Centre, Retford, DN22 7EA
Working Arrangements
Hybrid
Job Description / Person Specification
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Competency Framework
Tier 7a
Number of posts
1
Interview date
Week Commencing 13/04/2026
Closing Date
01 April 2026 23:55
An opportunity has arisen within the Business Support Service, for an enthusiastic and experienced administrator to join an established team. This is a varied and rewarding role where you will help provide general administrative support to our Social Care teams to enable them to carry out their work with the children, young people and families of Nottinghamshire.
The post will suit candidates looking to work full-time hours Monday – Friday. The post can be worked on a hybrid basis, with an expectation that you work from the office for 40% of your working week, with more if service needs require this.
You will have a wide range of relevant experience, including using Microsoft packages ie. Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint to generate documents as requested.
You will enjoy working in an administrative role, be organised, efficient, able to work on your own initiative, be supportive of others and possess good problem-solving skills. Attention to detail is essential.
You need to demonstrate a professional and flexible attitude, with a full appreciation of the need for confidentiality.
It is essential you are able to demonstrate the ability to prioritise a varied workload, working quickly and accurately to meet strict deadlines.
You should have excellent communication and customer service skills, be able to deal with people sensitively and treat customers and colleagues with respect and consideration.
Duties will be varied and will include general administrative tasks – producing letters, creating meeting invitations, formatting documents and being a point of contact for families, professionals and social care colleagues. Relevant training will be provided.
The ability to work flexibly within a team to achieve shared goals is essential.
Please provide examples within your application that demonstrate the relevant skills, experience and qualities you have that will make you the ideal candidate for this role.
Conversations regarding the post are welcomed by Anne Brown on 0115 977 3301.
This post is also available as a secondment opportunity to existing Nottinghamshire County Council employees. You must seek approval from your line manager before applying.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Under the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme) we would like to ensure applicants with disabilities are offered an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. Please let us know if this is something you would like to be considered for.
A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strongly encourages applications from all candidates from different walks of life, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
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