Job Description

Salary: Band 5 \xc2\xa322,437 - \xc2\xa324,148 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

The Service

The Regeneration Directorate plays an important part in delivering the City Vision and our ambitious plans to regenerate Portsmouth. This role is within our Business Support Team who provide support services as diverse as business support officers, programme delivery support and assurance, community engagement, building information management and bid management.

We work with programme managers, project managers and property, planning, transport and infrastructure experts to ensure our initiatives are successful and our everyday business operations are supported effectively and efficiently.

Your new role

You will be responsible for a varied range of administrative and enabling tasks, delivering right across the Regeneration Directorate including data entry and recording, purchasing and transactional finance. You will also deal with customer interactions including sorting and routing post, recording and routing enquiries from councillors and the public to the appropriate office and monitoring progress against service targets. You will also provide administrative support at meetings, as well as other administrative tasks according to the needs of the business.

What you\'ll need to succeed

You will be able to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines. You will also have good attention to detail and accuracy as well as a clear understanding of confidentiality and data protection. You will understand workflow systems and be able and willing to develop specific system knowledge via training and support. You will have good basic IT skills and be familiar with M365 including Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint.

If you are a confident communicator who can meet defined customer expectations and can be flexible in meeting the needs of the service then we would love to hear from you.

What you\'ll get in return

Supporting you to succeed

You will be supported through line management, training and mentoring to be successful and develop your career in a professional and supportive working environment.

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year bank holidays after 5 years service (pro rata for part time)
• Flexible / hybrid working
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at popular high street retailers
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view the benefits of working with us!

https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

What next

To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.

Please upload a cover letter detailing why you are the best person for the role and how you meet the points on the job profile, giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. You are unlikely to be shortlisted if you do not do this.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

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