Housing Business Support Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Council's Housing Service. As part of the Business Development Unit, you will provide a high level of direct secretarial and administrative support to Housing's Heads of Service. For this role it is essential that you are experienced at high level office working in a secretarial/ administrative role.

You will need to be able to work as part of a team as well as working on your own using your own initiative and have the ability to follow instructions accurately and competently and work to tight deadlines.

Please note that we will shortlist according to the shortlisting and interview criteria from the job profile. The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of providing administrative support, including dealing with customers and using a range of office equipment.


• Experience of arranging events / meetings, producing agendas, taking minutes and maintaining an action / forward plan.


• Diary Management.


• Experience of communicating and liaising with a wide range of people.


• Prioritising work including monitoring and progressing issues.


• Setting up and maintaining electronic documents and filing systems.


• Using a range of computer applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams, PowerPoint, Internet / Intranet


You should have NQF Level 3 qualification e.g. AS and A levels, NVQs Level 3, Applied A Levels, BTEC First Certificates and Diplomas, City and Guilds Advanced Craft Part 3, or NQF Level 4 Certificates of Higher Education or Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience

Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).