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Crisis and Resilience Senior Administrator
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Crisis and Resilience Senior Administrator
About The Role
We are looking for a motivated and organised Senior Administrator to join our Crisis and Resilience Fund team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting residents experiencing financial hardship and crisis situations across West Northamptonshire.
As part of a busy and rewarding service, you will assess Crisis and Resilience Fund applications, gather and verify information, and make informed decisions to ensure support is provided fairly, consistently and in line with scheme criteria.
You will work closely with residents, colleagues and partner organisations, helping people access the support they need while maintaining accurate records and ensuring a high-quality customer experience.
What will you be doing?
As a Senior Administrator within the Crisis and Resilience Fund team, you will play a key role in helping residents access financial support during times of crisis. Managing a caseload of applications from initial enquiry through to decision, you will assess individual circumstances, gather and verify information, and ensure all supporting evidence is in place to make informed and fair decisions on applications.
You will regularly engage with residents by telephone and other communication channels, often supporting people who may be experiencing financial hardship or challenging personal circumstances. Working collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations, you will help ensure residents are connected with the most appropriate support available while maintaining accurate records and ensuring compliance with council processes and audit requirements.
Alongside managing a busy inbox and responding to enquiries, you will contribute to the smooth and effective delivery of the service, ensuring applications are processed efficiently and residents receive a high standard of customer care throughout their journey.
About You
You will be an organised and confident administrator with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment. You will be able to engage sensitively and professionally with vulnerable residents and those experiencing crisis situations, adapting your approach to meet individual needs.
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You will have experience of working with customers, gathering and assessing information, and maintaining accurate records. You will be comfortable communicating by telephone and able to make balanced, evidence-based decisions while managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines.
Knowledge of welfare benefits and income maximisation support would be advantageous, as would experience of assessing applications, claims or similar customer support schemes. Most importantly, you will be committed to providing an excellent customer experience and ensuring residents receive the right support at the right time.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About Us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.
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Salary £28,716 - £30,251
- Salary Frequency: Annual
- Working Hours: 37
- Job Reference: Ref/53/9226
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Contract Details: Fixed term contract until 31st March 2029
- Closing Date: 26 September, 2026
- Job Category: Housing
- Location: Northampton, United Kingdom
- Job Posted Date: 27 August, 2026
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