Administrator

Administrator

Temporary Contract

Job Details

Client: Worcestershire County Council
Service Area: Children's Services Commissioning Hub
Hours: 35 hours per week initially
Start Date: 12 October 2026
End Date: 03 January 2027
Duration: 12 weeks
Number of Roles: 1

Working Pattern

Hybrid working.
1 day in the office and 4 days remote.

Location

Spetchley Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2NP

Pay

PAYE Rate: £12.71 per hour

Job Overview

Worcestershire County Council is seeking an experienced Administrator / Administrative Support Assistant to support the Children's Services Commissioning Hub.

The role sits within the Children's Placements Team and will involve business support, data collation, document preparation, minute taking, meeting organisation, enquiries, records, project support and liaison with internal and external partners.

The role will also support a new process to ensure children receive regular payments into their savings accounts.

Important – Please Read Carefully

This is an administration role within Children's Services / Children's Placements.

Candidates should have strong administration experience, ideally within children's social care, social care, commissioning, placements, local authority services or a similar sensitive service environment.

Strong Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, spreadsheet, database, record keeping and confidential information handling experience is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support
• Support Children's Services
• Support Children's Placements
• Support statutory service needs
• Collate service data
• Present service data
• Draft documents
• Prepare Word documents
• Prepare Excel documents
• Write minutes
• Prepare presentations
• Handle enquiries
• Organise meetings
• Maintain records
• Support filing
• Support scanning
• Support diary management
• Use IT equipment
• Support admin systems
• Support financial systems
• Liaise with partner agencies
• Support project tasks
• Handle confidential information

Essential Experience & Skills

• Administration experience
• Children's social care admin
• Social care admin experience
• Microsoft Office
• Word and Excel
• Spreadsheets
• Databases
• Minute taking
• Correspondence drafting
• Report preparation
• Meeting organisation
• Record keeping
• Filing and scanning
• Diary management
• Customer care
• Confidentiality awareness
• Child protection awareness
• Workload prioritisation
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Desirable

• Project support experience
• ECDL or IT qualification
• Local authority experience
• Children's placements admin
• Commissioning admin
• Financial admin systems
• Payment process support
• Partner agency liaison

Additional Information

This role is initially offered as 35 hours per week for 12 weeks.

Comments note that a 14 hour per week ongoing role is also available until permanent recruitment is undertaken.

Interview will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

There will be 6 to 7 interview questions and no preparation is required.

Target interview date is 09 October 2026.

Candidate submission deadline is 05 October 2026.

Maximum CVs per agency: 4.

Disclaimer

On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.

I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.

Job Reference: OR117270

Screening Questions

1. Children's/social care admin experience?
2. Microsoft Office/Excel experience?
3. Minute taking/report writing?
4. Records/enquiry handling experience?
5. Confidential information experience?
6. Can you work hybrid in Worcester?

Skills: Administration, Children's Services, Social Care Admin, Microsoft Office, Excel, Minute Taking, Data Entry, Records Management, Customer Service, Local Authority