Administrative Officer

Brook Street; York; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Brook Street is seeking a Contract Administrator based in York or Leeds to assist the Ministry of Justice Property Directorate. The role involves managing facilities contracts, ensuring timely contractor performance, and maintaining records. This temporary position offers competitive hourly pay and the chance to gain experience within a high-profile Government environment.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Valuable experience in the public sector

Responsibilities

• Assist managers in the smooth running of facilities and estates contracts across the region.
• Monitor and record contractor performance, ensuring tasks and repairs are completed on time.
• Help collate financial information and budget tracking.
• Maintain accurate records of out-of-hours call-outs and additional works.
• Keep task logs, systems, and registers up to date.
• Assist with audits, reporting, and compliance activity.
• Contribute to best practice and ensuring consistency across regions.

Job description

Contract Administrator
Location: York or Leeds Office
Pay: £12.36 per hour rising to £12.53 per hour after 12 weeks in your assignment
Job Type: Temporary
Sector: Public Sector
Hours: 37 hours per week

A Little Bit About Us

Brook Street have grown into one of the UK's leading recruitment agencies − matching thousands of people with meaningful job opportunities at more than 4,500 companies every year. Delivering a quality service to suit the needs of clients and candidates alike was important to our founder Margery Hurst and it remains important to us today.

Recruitment is about so much more than just filling job vacancies. It's about giving people the chance to unleash their full potential, through their perfect new role.

About the Client

The Ministry of Justice Property Directorate manages one of the most diverse estates in Government, including prisons, probation sites, and headquarters. The team provides essential property and facilities services to keep workplaces safe, efficient, and fit for purpose. With a portfolio valued at £9.3bn, they are responsible for delivering high-quality services that enable front-line teams to perform at their best.

What Will Be Your Day-to-Day Tasks?

• Assist managers in the smooth running of facilities and estates contracts across the region.
• Monitor and record contractor performance, ensuring tasks and repairs are completed on time.
• Help collate financial information and budget tracking.
• Maintain accurate records of out-of-hours call-outs and additional works.
• Keep task logs, systems, and registers up to date.
• Assist with audits, reporting, and compliance activity.
• Contribute to best practice and ensuring consistency across regions.

What's in this for you?

• The chance to gain valuable experience in a high-profile Government department.
• Training and development opportunities to build your skills.
• The opportunity to contribute to meaningful public service delivery.

Please note: We are seeing a large volume of applications per role and therefore we ask that if you have not heard from us within 7-14 working days, please presume you have on this occasion been unsuccessful.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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