Job Introduction
A new opportunity for someone with a positive, can-do attitude to join our shared Public Health service, working across Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Councils.
In Milton Keynes, we lead the Public Health work relating to Primary Care, including the commissioning of NHS Health Checks, Workplace Health, Public Mental Health, and Children and Young People services.
As Project Support Officer, you’ll maintain team finances, essential reports, and general administrative requirements.
This role can be home-based with the requirement to work from our city centre office one day per week. It’s part time for 22.2 hours per week. The salary is pro-rata depending on hours worked. The role will provide opportunities for development.
Interviews will take place W/C 14 October
Main Responsibility
- Provide comprehensive project and administrative support for the NHS Health Check programme for Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes public health.
- Support financial processes for the shared public health service including raising purchase orders, liaising with suppliers, and ensuring invoices are dealt with promptly and accurately for payment.
- Provide administrative support to the public health team including preparing meeting agendas, booking meeting rooms or venues, minute taking, and timely distribution of papers before and after meetings.
- First point of contact for the Public Health team, monitoring the email inbox and incoming telephone calls, and responding as needed.
The Ideal Candidate
- NQV Level 3 Administrative qualification, or relevant experience.
- Competent in using IT systems and Microsoft applications to a good standard, including Word, Excel and Power Point, with accurate typing, note taking and data entry skills.
- Experience of using financial systems (such as ERP or similar).
- Proven ability to process financial information accurately and within specified timescales.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage your own workload and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
- Good judgement skills - knowing when to take action, ask for support, or escalate.
- Good communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Able to communicate well in person, over the phone and by email.
- Ability to work well within a team, being self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative, making suggestions and feeding back to improve performance or processes.
Package Description
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:
- Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
- Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
- A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
- Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
- Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.
Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week. Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.
About The Organisation
Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.
We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference.
We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.
We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.
If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.
