Beach Office Assistant NEW

• East Suffolk Council

• Lowestoft NR33 0DE or Felixstowe IP11 2HA

• 25583 - 25989 pro-rata (Band 2)

• 32 hours per week (annualised)

• Permanent

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Councils Coastal Property team as a Beach Office Assistant.

Your role:

The post holder will join the Coastal Property team within Property & Place which attends to the beach huts in Lowestoft Southwold Sizewell and role requires an agile working approach practicality and the ability to positively represent our Beach assets and services throughout the year.

Day-to-day the work will include greeting customersdealing directly in person/phone/email with customer and public enquiries and processing Beach Hut Hire bookings. You will work as part of a small team and will have key-holding responsibilities be involved in the administration relating to bookings including website system usage and other processes such as in-person electronic payments from customers.You will need to help best present the huts and associated work will involve using your own initiative to resolve issues arising and follow response processes.

Please note the role will include regular weekend working as part of standard week throughout the year. The post holder will be required to attend to suit hut bookings and the service need throughout the year with highest demand during main season. The role will include outside in the Resort as well as in the office.

The hours are variable over the year to meet the seasonal demands of the role therefore working hours per week may vary between 22-37 hours typically each week (i.e. annualised). It is anticipated greater hours would be worked May September and lesser hours works October April. This role requires cover 7 days per week. Bank holiday working will also apply. We are looking to recruit 2 posts; the working base for one post will be the Lowestoft beach office located on the promenade at Lowestoft Beach and the second post is based at Seashore Village located adjacent the promenade at Felixstowe Beach.

Candidates must indicate in their application which location is being applied for.

What you will need:

The successful candidate will be flexible to respond to the demands and requirements of the seasonal services represented by the service area and have excellent communication skills care attention to detail and accuracy. The candidate will hold office experience and have awareness of Health Safety and welfare maintenance and repair.

Why work for us

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Counciltake a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year increasing to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays)

• Local government pension scheme

• Flexible working arrangements

• Learning and development tailored to your role

• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.

• Discounts on mobile phones computers holiday and travel fashion and clothing health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in ourbenefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way with a mixture of home and office working depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Sarah Garbutt Resort Manager on

Closing date: 27 May 2026

Interview date: 5 June 2026

How to apply

Step 1 -Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (docx)

Step 2 -Complete theSupporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 -Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note CVs are not accepted.

For more information check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).