Administration Assistant

We Are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as Administrative Assistant in St Helens Youth Justice Service

St Helens Youth Justice Service is a small team of multi-agency professionals. We share a passion for helping and supporting children and their families and victims of youth crime, to improve their lives and make communities safer. To do this, we work hard to prevent and reduce youth crime by pro-active engagement, providing creative and effective interventions and programmes which are restorative, trauma informed and which take a whole family approach.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Administrative Assistant to join our team for maternity cover working alongside colleagues within our admin team and wider members of the service and other professionals.

The role

The role of an Administration Assistant in our team is a varied and challenging role. Taking responsibility for general day to day administrative tasks, minuting meetings, recording information on a range of systems, being the face of the service in greeting our young people and visitors to our offices in Lord Street.

If you are passionate about supporting children and young people and have a creative but meticulous approach to your work, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of something rewarding.

We offer.

• a robust induction programme
• access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and passionate team of youth justice professionals

Interested to Find Out More?

You are welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at

Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people's lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer..St Helens Borough Council | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career - Home Page

Roles That Matter

Applicants are encouraged to refer to the Person Specification and Job Description when applying.

Successful candidates are expected to have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, effective communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

This role includes:

• Minuting highly confidential meetings
• Handling sensitive information
• Following court proceedings
• Managing referrals both into the Youth Justice Service and out to external partner agencies

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

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St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region's leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.