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Admin Officer
Job Description
Location: Northampton, NN1 2LH
Office based Due to the nature of the work
Hourly rate: 11.88
Working Days/Hours: 37 hours: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
Brook Street in partnership with the HMCTS has a fantastic opportunity to join them as an admin officer.
Our client HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is an agency of the Ministry of Justice. HMCTS provides administrative support for the legal system across England and Wales, ensuring justice works for everyone.
Our justice system defends our fundamental rights and freedoms. It is a cornerstone of our modern society, and it must serve all those who call on it, when they call on it. From some of the most vulnerable people in our society, to families in crisis, claimants and commercial businesses - HMCTS has a responsibility to administer a justice system that is accessible to everyone and operates efficiently.
Required Skills:
- Competent in working in an administrative capacity
- Excellent written and speaking English communication to enable telephone and email communication.
- Ability to organise a busy workload to deliver effective results on time and meet changing and complex demands as required
- Experience doing a previous admin role is advantageous but not essential.
- Ability to work with very confidential and sensitive information
- Good IT skills - Demonstrable experience in using Outlook, Excel, and Word in an office environment
- Ability to work calmly and professionally under pressure.
- Strong work ethic and resilience
Role Responsibilities
You will provide essential administrative support to the various court locations in Northampton. The role will involve, but not be limited to:
- Deal with written and verbal communications, including telephone, email, and letter enquiries.
- Complete administrative duties on an ad hoc basis and other grade-appropriate work, contributing to the whole team's work, involving collecting and delivering files and bundles
- Completing filing and post-room duties
- Operating office equipment
- Resulting, checking accuracy and completeness against guidelines or a proforma, e.g.
- Providing support to colleagues
- Creating and maintaining databases, lists, manuals
- Completing documents, including standard letters, forms, applications, orders, records, registers, statistics etc
Brook Street are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.
As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.
Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.
In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.
As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.
Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.
In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.
