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Administration Assistant

About the role

Are you looking for a role that’s varied, meaningful, and fast paced?

As an Admin Assistant within the Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Localities Business Support Team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting frontline services that directly impact children, families, and the wider community.

You’ll become an essential part of a friendly, supportive team where no two days are ever the same. If you’re motivated, approachable, and passionate about making a difference through high‑quality business support, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

You will be based primarily at Blackthorn Children’s Centre, with the flexibility to cover other sites when necessary. Your working week would be Monday-Thursday 9-5 and Friday 9-4.30.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidate, so if you have read the attached job description and still have questions please feel free to email: Hayley.Price@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you’ll be the welcoming face of our Children’s Services location, providing professional and courteous reception support to visitors, families, and partners.

Greeting and assisting visitors, offering a warm, professional front-of-house experience.

Providing administrative support to the Strengthening Families teams, ensuring colleagues can focus on their work with children and families.

Co‑ordinate meeting rooms and events, from managing bookings to making sure rooms are set up and ready to go.

You will oversee the ordering and distribution of office supplies, helping to keep the service running smoothly.

Responding promptly and effectively to queries from staff and visitors, signposting people to the right professionals.

Working closely with other administrators you will ensure seamless, consistent support across the Children’s Services teams.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you’re someone who enjoys helping others, stays calm under pressure, and brings a positive, solution‑focused approach to every day.

You are confident communicating with a wide range of people, both in person and across different channels.

You are customer‑focused, with experience of working or volunteering in a role where people are at the heart of what you do.

You are organised and detail‑focused, able to manage tasks efficiently in a busy environment.

IT competent, you use digital tools confidently to support your work.

You work well in a changing, dynamic environment, adapting quickly to new needs and priorities.

You are able to travel easily between locations when needed.

You should have GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English and be ready to demonstrate your commitment to safeguarding and supporting children’s wellbeing.

When applying, please ensure your supporting statement clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification, and provide a full employment history, including any gaps since leaving full-time education.

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
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.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.  We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.

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