Administrative Officer

This could be the perfect opportunity for you

The Opportunity

Salary: £29,540 to £32,061 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: County Hall, Chichester and working from home (Hybrid)

Interview date: Thursday 18 December 2025

The Health and Safety (H&S) Service is part of the Human Resources, Organisational Development and Communities Directorate. The work of the Service includes providing advice, guidance and training on all aspects of H&S management across the council and schools on how to comply with statutory health, safety and fire safety duties.

As the Administrative Officer, you will work in the H&S Service providing support and assistance to the programmes of work and management systems that comply with HSW standards, policies and procedures across WSCC.

You will work under the broad direction of the H&S Manager undertaking a range of administrative tasks associated with HSW, work on small projects under the guidance of the H&S Manager, and be expected to exercise independent judgement.

The job requires concentrated mental attention over lengthy periods and prolonged concentrated sensory attention to take minutes, process documents, and prepare complex documents for distribution.

What are we looking for?

• You will be a great team player who can build and maintain good working relationships and who can communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• You will be organised, able to prioritise work and deliver on deadlines.
• You will have strong core administrative / office skills and be confident in dealing with problems and developing solutions.
• You will be able to concentrate for long periods of time and maintain a focus on attention to detail to produce meaningful and accurate outputs, such as statutory reports.
• Being both adaptable and flexible, you will enjoy the challenge this role will give you to meet service needs, where you will be able to work well in changing situations and embrace new ways of working positively and effectively.
• An interest in health, safety and wellbeing would be advantageous. In return, we offer opportunities for professional development, such as completing the Level 3 Health and Safety Apprenticeship

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00972.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Amanda Rablin (Health and Safety Manager) at For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application helppage.

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LOCATION

Chichester area

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent

JOB TYPE

HR and Learning & Development

CLOSING DATE

07 December 2025