Administrative Assistant
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Rugby, Warwickshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Rugby Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Administrative Assistant
£25,183 - £27,269 Pay award pending
Full time – 37 hours a week
Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.
About the Role
As an Administrative Assistant at our Work Services Unit you’ll be a key member of our operational support team helping to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of waste collection services across the district. You'll be responsible for a range of administrative tasks such as -
Key Responsibilities
• Provide frontline administrative support for daily waste operations
• Support the preparation of operational reports, waste volume tracking, and compliance documentation.
• Deal with incoming mail via a range of different mailboxes/hand delivered, distributing to relevant teams, attaching response/ times and relevant information.
• Provide excellent customer service including answering telephone calls, answering emails. dealing with queries from crews, the Contact Centre, Councillors, and members of the public.
• Record allocation of stock, stock replenishment and awareness of excessive distribution including PPE
• Work within Health and Safety legislation as it applied to the service and ensures compliance with the Health and Safety at work Act, the Council’s Safety Policy, and Departmental Safety Policies.
About You
We are looking for a detail-oriented, customer-focused, adaptable individual with strong organisational and communication skills who has previous experience in an administrative role, ideally in a logistics or public services setting
You’ll also need to be confident in dealing with the public and internal teams and the ability to work in a fast paced service driven environment.
Benefits
• 35 days leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi-time scheme
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Structured Induction Program
• Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
• Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
• Family Friendly Policies
• Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
• Generous compassionate leave
• Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Cycle to Work scheme and more
£25,183 - £27,269 Pay award pending
Full time – 37 hours a week
Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.
About the Role
As an Administrative Assistant at our Work Services Unit you’ll be a key member of our operational support team helping to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of waste collection services across the district. You'll be responsible for a range of administrative tasks such as -
Key Responsibilities
• Provide frontline administrative support for daily waste operations
• Support the preparation of operational reports, waste volume tracking, and compliance documentation.
• Deal with incoming mail via a range of different mailboxes/hand delivered, distributing to relevant teams, attaching response/ times and relevant information.
• Provide excellent customer service including answering telephone calls, answering emails. dealing with queries from crews, the Contact Centre, Councillors, and members of the public.
• Record allocation of stock, stock replenishment and awareness of excessive distribution including PPE
• Work within Health and Safety legislation as it applied to the service and ensures compliance with the Health and Safety at work Act, the Council’s Safety Policy, and Departmental Safety Policies.
About You
We are looking for a detail-oriented, customer-focused, adaptable individual with strong organisational and communication skills who has previous experience in an administrative role, ideally in a logistics or public services setting
You’ll also need to be confident in dealing with the public and internal teams and the ability to work in a fast paced service driven environment.
Benefits
• 35 days leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi-time scheme
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Structured Induction Program
• Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
• Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
• Family Friendly Policies
• Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
• Generous compassionate leave
• Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Cycle to Work scheme and more
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