Public Health Business Support Assistant

Job introduction

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About the role

The Business Support Team, within Public Health, has an exciting opportunity for two Business Support Assistants to join our fast paced and vibrant team. Both positions are on a full time basis with one permanent contract supporting our commissioning team to commission and monitor contracts across a wide range of health improvement, sexual health and children and young people contracts. The other is a fixed term contract until March 2026, but with a possibility to extend, supporting our busy Substance Misuse programme.

Additional information

Our ideal candidate will have some administrative experience and will be adaptable and able to learn new tasks easily. You will be confident and proficient in a range of Microsoft packages, particularly Excel and the use of finance software or ERP Gold in particular would be extremely beneficial. You will have outstanding note taking and listening skills, with the ability to follow instructions accurately, be an excellent team player, but also with the confidence to work using your own initiative, with an appetite to learn new skills.

Crucially, you will need to have the right to work in the UK, as this post is not eligible for sponsorship.

For an informal discussion or if you have any queries about the role, please contact Hannah Ellingham at Hannah.ellingham@westnortants.gov.uk. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 14th July.

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

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