Administration Officer

Suffolk County Council; Lowestoft; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave allowance (25 days)

Local government pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development tailored to你的

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Discounts on products and services

Job summary

East Suffolk Council is recruiting an Administration Officer to support the Housing Investment team with the Warm Homes Wave 3 programme. You will research, collect data, and perform administrative and financial duties to help meet delivery targets.

The role offers a 37-hour week with flexible & part-time options, and is based across East Suffolk with hybrid working. The ideal candidate has experience meeting targets, strong IT skills (Excel), and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Experience working to targets and deadlines.
• Administrative experience within a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Capital Programme Team to deliver Warm Homes Wave 3.
• Carry out detailed research and data collection to inform the programme rollout.
• Undertake administrative and financial duties to aid delivery targets.

Skills

Target-driven

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Job description

Administration Officer (Warm Homes Wave 3)

• East Suffolk Council

• Address: East Suffolk House, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT and Riverside, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0EQ

• Salary: £27,274 - £29,071 (Band 3)

• Hours: 37 hours per week, with part-time and flexible working options considered.

• Contract: Fixed term until July 2028

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Housing Investment team as an Administration Officer.

The role

You will provide support and assistance to the Capital Programme Team to ensure the successful delivery of the Warm Homes Wave 3. To carry out detailed research and data collection to inform and support the programme rollout. To undertake administrative and financial duties to aid the team in meeting the delivery targets.

What you will need

You will have experience in working to agreed targets and deadlines along with relevant administrative experience working within a team. You will have excellent communication skills, including highly developed oral and written communication, alongside strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, with experience of managing data, producing reports, and maintaining accurate records.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

To find out more

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Maria Plumb on [phone], or by emailing [e-mail]

Closing date: 11:30 pm, 22 November 2026.

Interview date: w/c 30 November 2026.