Gloucestershire County Council
Admin Supervisor CFU
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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Administration Team Supervisor
Job Location: Gloucestershire
Salary: £30,024 - £32,597 per annum
Hours per Week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 23/08/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14690
This post is not open to job share
Lead a Team That Keeps Essential Services Moving
The Corporate Fleet Unit plays a critical role in supporting services across Gloucestershire, ensuring the efficient management of vehicles, systems and processes that help keep frontline services running.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Administration Supervisor to lead our administration team and drive the delivery of a high-quality business support service. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and proactive individual who is passionate about customer service, developing people, and continuously improving the way we work.
Working in a fast-paced operational environment, you will lead a team responsible for delivering effective administrative support, managing competing priorities, and ensuring robust systems and processes are in place to meet the needs of the service.
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead, motivate and develop a team of administrative professionals, setting clear objectives and promoting high performance.
- Ensure the delivery of a responsive, efficient and customer-focused administration service.
- Oversee office systems, processes and standards, identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
- Support managers with business planning, reporting, performance monitoring and corporate requirements.
- Coordinate meetings, projects, communications and service-wide administrative activities.
- Support financial administration, budget monitoring, procurement activities and management information.
- Ensure data, records and information are maintained accurately and in line with corporate standards.
- Build strong relationships with colleagues, customers, suppliers and stakeholders across the organisation.
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About You
- Experience managing or supervising administrative teams in a busy environment.
- Proven ability to organise workloads, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Experience developing staff, supporting performance and building effective teams.
- Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Experience of business support processes, financial administration and office systems.
- Confidence using Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- A proactive approach to identifying improvements and implementing positive change.
Our Values Matter
We are looking for someone who demonstrates our values every day: Accountability, Integrity, Empowerment, Respect, Excellence.
About Us
In return we will offer you:
- Regular formal and informal support.
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
- Access to relevant training and career progression.
- Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).
Ready for the Challenge?
If you are an experienced administrator with strong leadership skills, a passion for delivering excellent service and the ability to thrive in a busy and evolving environment, we would love to hear from you. Join the Corporate Fleet Unit and help us deliver an outstanding service that supports colleagues, customers and communities across Gloucestershire.
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For further information, please contact Adam Godding - adam.godding@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Please note, we reserve the right to close this advertisement early, if a sufficient number of applications is received.
Due to the volume of anticipated applications received, no feedback will be given to unsuccessful applicants at shortlisting stage.
Interviews to be held week commencing - 7th September 2026.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Administration Supervisor - Job Profile
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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