3 Months Contract With A Local Authority

Job Purpose

To provide high-quality business and project support to the Local Authority Children & Education Transformation Team, enabling managers, project teams, and partners to deliver key priorities effectively. The postholder will provide flexible administrative and coordination support, maintain accurate project and governance information, support meetings and reporting, and contribute to service improvement and positive outcomes for children and young people.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive business and project support across the Children & Education Transformation Team, supporting multiple priorities and workstreams.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, action logs, risk and issue records, evidence files, progress updates, and governance information.
• Coordinate meetings and workshops, including preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes or notes, recording decisions, monitoring actions, and following up outstanding tasks.
• Collate and maintain information from systems, spreadsheets, and project records, producing clear reports, briefings, dashboards, presentations, and management information.
• Provide day-to-day business administration, including mailbox and enquiry support, diary and meeting coordination, document production, record management, purchase orders, invoice processing, and general office support.
• Act as a professional point of contact for internal teams, external partners, suppliers, residents, customers, and other stakeholders, responding to queries and escalating sensitive matters appropriately.
• Support compliance, audit, and governance requirements by maintaining accurate records and following data protection, confidentiality, financial, and Council policies and procedures.
• Use Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, databases, and relevant project or business systems to manage information and produce accurate, high-quality outputs.
• Manage competing priorities effectively, working at pace, and meeting agreed deadlines in a busy public sector environment.
• Build positive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, communicating clearly and professionally across a range of audiences.
• Demonstrate initiative, discretion, resilience, adaptability, and a strong customer focus while contributing to equality, diversity, service improvement, and positive outcomes for children and young people.