Overview
Our Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Car Lease scheme
- Payment of professional subscription / membership – If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
- Employee Assistance Programme – We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
- Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
- Making a difference – If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people’s lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.
About the role
The Commissioning and Performance Administrator role will play an essential part within a fast paced team. This will make for an exciting and varied role, where each day can be very different to the next.
This role will provide you with opportunities to build professional working relationships with internal teams, partner agencies and our provider market.
This post will provide you with opportunities to be creative and share your knowledge, skills and experience with others in a culture of continuous learning and development.
The Strategic Commissioning Team has a wealth of knowledge and experience to support the successful candidate’s development.
What will you be doing?
The Commissioning and Performance Administrator will support the team in a fast paced environment with competing deadlines to ensure the day to day administrative functions are managed effectively and efficiently.
You will be responsible for overseeing the teams emails and communications, liaising and responding to queries from our provider market, external partners and internal teams.
You will liaise with other internal services to streamline data being collated and to support the teams processes and responsibilties.
You will support the team to plan, coordinate and schedule forums, meetings and workshops, including minute taking.
You will be responsible for our MS Teams site and the house keeping of our database and records.
Assist in the delivery and and maintenance of business processes.
Gather data and information relating to the work area to support in the production of management reports and information on service performance to meet service area requirements.
You will assist the team with recruitment administration and general projects.
About you
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and able to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels, building good working relationships. If you have positive team work ethics and can work on your own initiative, then this could be the role for you.
You will need to have a solution driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment with a positive approach to challenges.
You will have excellent IT and administrative skills including experience of using Office 365, MS Teams, as well as a good attention to detail. You will have an adaptive nature to use multiple systems effectively. You will also have good organisational skills and be able to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
About us
We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government
reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey
to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and
communities.
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great
place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to
make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance,
Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver
services.
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with
ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail,
and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A
place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-
minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and
challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
