Warwick District Council is situated in the southern part of the West Midlands in the historic town of Leamington Spa. The Council, with our own housing stock and garages sites of over 7.500 mixed tenancies to manage, plus private landlord services, makes Housing Services a busy and vibrant place to work.

We are recruiting for a full time assistant to join the Business Administration.

This is an exciting opportunity to extend or brush up your existing admin skills in a very busy department where no two days are alike.

We are looking for someone with a positive attitude, who is self-motivated while working from home or the office. Gets job satisfaction from being responsive to the needs of our customers and is excited to be part of the team that provide vital, life-changing housing services.

It is essential that you are enthusiastic about and have experience of providing excellent customer service, you enjoy working with numbers, have attention to detail and have an ability to learn multiple financial and processing systems quickly.

Experience of working in a similar field would be an advantage when dealing with the varied and sometimes complex enquiries from residents and stakeholders about their accounts, invoices, payment queries or advice about buying a council property.

The intention is for the postholder to work predominately from home however, it is a requirement to attend our offices or sites within Warwick District as required. Any costs for travel from home to the office will be met by the successful candidate. However, office and hybrid working are also available.

If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion, please contact Tracy Honey by email tracy.honey@warwickdc.gov.uk or telephone on 07394 402055

Closing date: 12/01/2025

Interview date: 17/01/2025
To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.

It is important that you fully complete all sections of the application form. Only information contained in the application form will be used for shortlisting. Please do not attach CVs as these will not be considered.

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Internal applicants only: please note if you are applying for a secondment position, you must seek approval from your current line manager before applying. 

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button, please contact HR Support on vacancies@warwickdc.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application. 

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. By ‘essential criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.  To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), applicants must disclose that they have a disability and would like to be considered for the scheme.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application or recruitment process or upon appointment, please contact vacancies@warwickdc.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.