Job Description

Operations Administration Assistant - Braintree District Council

£14.02 PAYE / £17.95 Umbrella

Braintree, Essex

Full-Time, Temporary

37 Hours per Week

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th August 2026

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Braintree District Council in recruiting an Operations Administration Assistant on an initial 6month contract.

Due to the nature of these roles, the successful candidates will be required to work on-site only

Locations: Causeway House & Lakes Industrial Park

The Opportunity:

To work in the Operations Service providing administrative support to relevant service areas and to act as the point of contact for stakeholder offering advice and assistance whilst always providing a professional and courteous service.

Role Accountabilities:

• Be responsible for collating and understanding data and present to Management in a suitable style.
• Respond to all customers in a prompt, efficient and courteous manner, ensuring that queries are responded to in a timely manner.
• General Administration duties, including telephone, E-Mail, minute taking, typing, and filing for Operations.
• Provide administrative support for all the teams within Operations by providing information/advice (either verbally or in writing).
• Develop and maintain various departmental information systems, e.g. databases, spreadsheets, ensuring that up-to-date information is recorded and retrieved.
• Where requested, prepare relevant paperwork and reports, maintaining accuracy and ensuring that deadlines are met on all software systems.
• Provide support to any other tasks as required by your Line Manager.
• The list above is not an exhaustive list.

The Experience You Will Bring:

• Excellent organisational skills.
• Experience of working in a busy office environment.
• Able to multitask and work on different tasks at the same time
• Experience working with Microsoft Office products & CRM systems
• Local government experience (Desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong IT/Microsoft office skills
• Ability to work as a team player
• Pro-active approach taking responsibility for day-to-day tasks, workload and priorities
• Good organisational skills
• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload and work to tight deadlines
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk