Admin Assistant Business Support Services

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

Work Location:County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Worker Category:Fixed Location Worker

Salary:25191 to 25590 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week

Contract Type:Permanent

Closing Date:23rd January 2026

Interview Date(s):TBC

About the Role

An opportunity has arisen to work as an administrative assistant for the Business Support Services Team in Adults & Communities. We have one part-time position based at County Hall.

To work flexibly as part of a team to provide an efficient effective and comprehensive county wide administrative business support service across A&C localities maintaining a high quality responsive customer service for both internal and external customers.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

• Have a NVQ 2 level qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent or relevant experience
• Know the importance of customer service
• Know the importance of confidentiality
• Have worked in an administrative financial secretarial setting (i.e. experience in routine clerical tasks including word processing filing photocopying faxing message taking data input)
• Have used Microsoft Office including Outlook Word and Excel
• Have experience in maintaining computer-based systems and manual record systems
• Have excellent communication skills (written & verbal)

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Teresa Garbett Admin Team Leader

Telephone:

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Or

Leigh Breeze Team Manager

Telephone:

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.

If you have any technical issues when applying for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.