Household Support Fund Senior Administrator

Job introduction

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About the role

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Join West Northamptonshire Council as a Household Support Fund Senior Administrator, where you’ll play a key role in delivering vital support to vulnerable households across the region. This is a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to contribute to a government-funded initiative that helps residents with essential costs such as food, energy, and other necessities. Based within the Public Health team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking, people-focused organisation committed to improving health and wellbeing outcomes for all.

Additional information

You’re an experienced administrator with a strong eye for detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You’re confident using digital tools and have excellent communication skills, especially when dealing with sensitive or emotive situations. You’re flexible, organised, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Ideally, you’ll have experience working at a senior administrative level and be comfortable supervising others. Above all, you’re passionate about helping people and committed to upholding the values of trust, respect, innovation, and empowerment that define our culture at West Northamptonshire Council.

Company information

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.

Our vision 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.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what its like to work at West Northants Council.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

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