Administration Assistant

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a Regeneration Service Administration Assistant to join the RIDO team. The role delivers essential administrative support to drive regeneration projects in the borough.

The successful candidate will manage data entry, records and correspondence, with strong Microsoft Office skills and excellent organisation. This is a full-time post based in Riverside House, Rotherham.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of placed-based regeneration is preferred.
• Ability to manage relationships with stakeholders and communicate clearly.
• Able to perform data entry, record keeping and document management.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organizational, literacy and numeracy skills with ability to manage priorities.
• Works well in a team to support regeneration project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and coordination support to the Regeneration Team.
• Assist with delivery of Regeneration projects.
• Handle data entry, record keeping and correspondence.
• Manage documents and respond to enquiries.
• Support relationship management with stakeholders.
• Contribute to meeting arrangements and diary management.

Skills

Administrative tasks

Data entry

Record keeping

Document management

Correspondence

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Teamwork

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Job profile for Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

location_on Riverside House 29/09/2026 Administration Assistant

Job details

• Salary £26,340 - £26,472 (Pay award pending)
• Contractual hours 37
• Basis Full time
• Region Rotherham
• Job category/type Administration/Clerical
• Date posted 08/09/2026
• Job reference REQ23789
• Attachments Job Profile Band D.docx, Benefits Package.doc

Job description

Directorate: Regeneration & Environment

Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Council’s Regeneration team - Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RIDO), as a Regeneration Service Administration Assistant.

Rotherham has ambitious growth plans for the borough which will make it a place where:

• Businesses will flourish and grow
• The population is highly skilled and enterprising
• The necessary infrastructure is provided to support economicgrowth

Supporting the Regeneration Team, you will play a key supporting role within the Regeneration Team, providing effective administrative and coordination support to assist with the delivery of Regeneration projects.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have an understanding or knowledge of placed based Regeneration.
• Manage relationships with different stakeholders and have excellent communication skills.
• Ability to carry out a range of administrative tasks such as data entry, record keeping, document management, and correspondence
• Have experience of working within an environment where using a range of computer applications including Microsoft Office have been demonstrated.
• Demonstrate excellent organisational, literacy and numeracy skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Work effectively as part of a team in the delivery of common goals.
• Have experience of handling, recording and analysing key data and information.

For further information and an informal chat, please contact Nicola Glynne-Jones on 01709 254443 or email: [e-mail]

These posts will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions). Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

Head Office

Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE