Business Support Administrator

Post No. SSCF0326.3 - Business Support Administrator – Youth Justice Service

A fantastic opportunity has opened for an enthusiastic, experienced administrator to join our Service. The Youth Justice Service is a multi-agency team, that includes a leadership team, social workers, youth justice workers, CAMHS nurse, substance misuse worker, speech and language therapist and business support. The team is based within the Civic centre however, a flexible approach including home and office working is supported.

We are looking to appoint a full time Administrator to work in the Business Support Team within Newport Youth Justice Service. The post holder will provide effective business administration support for the service including processing referrals, raising invoices, dealing with payment queries, co-ordinating Referral Order Panels and minute taking at meetings. The post holder will be proficient in the use of Microsoft software including word and excel.

Supervision is regular and the opportunities for career development and training are excellent. Newport itself is a great place to live and work being a geographically small city with a diverse population. It is situated on the M4 corridor and is located between Bristol and Cardiff with excellent transport links. Newport is a growing city with access to affordable housing, good schools and community resources.

In addition to generous annual leave, good pension scheme, comparative or higher pay than neighbouring authorities Newport City Council offers great benefits including:

If you are motivated, resourceful and willing to be a member of a team which seeks to continually improve, you could be who we are looking for.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Newport and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.

This post is a full-time permanent position.

If you have any queries, or would like a formal discussion, please contact Julie James on 01633 414800

We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English

Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from the minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.

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