Operational Adminstrator

Anglian Water Services; Northampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Virtual GP for you and your household

Life cover - 8x salary

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Pension scheme – double-matches up to

Bonus scheme

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Anglian Water Services is seeking an proactive Operational Team Administrator to support Water Recycling Operations across two sites in Northampton and Milton Keynes. The role focuses on coordinating meetings, maintaining records, and ensuring smooth day-to-day admin across the catchment area.

You will handle health and safety records, training renewals, and data retention in line with GDPR, while ordering PPE and office supplies to support field teams.

Qualifications

• Secretarial and/or administrative experience.
• Excellent IT skills – MS Office 365.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexible approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule and record all meetings (rooms, minutes, refreshments, invites).
• Manage meeting diaries and monthly team meetings.
• Maintain health and safety records for all team members.
• Track training renewals and expiries.
• Ensure GDPR-compliant data collection/retention.
• Order PPE, tools and equipment and stationery for the team.

Skills

Secretarial and/or administrative exp

Excellent IT skills

Meet deadlines

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Flexible working

Tools

MS Office 365

Job description

Salary: Circa £27,000, depending on skills and experience

Full time, 37 hours per week

Permanent

Location: Northampton (Great Billing) and Milton Keynes (Cotton Valley). The role covers two Anglian Water sites

Private health care

Virtual GP service for you and your household

Life assurance at 8 times salary

Double-matched pension scheme

For a greater career just add water!

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets?

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a proactive and organised Operational Team Administrator to join our Water Recycling Operations team. You will play a vital role in supporting our operational teams by providing essential administrative assistance, ensuring smooth operations within the catchment area. Your role will involve a range of tasks, from meeting coordination to safety record maintenance and operational site administration.

Duties will include:

• Accurate planning, scheduling and recording of all meetings (meeting rooms, record minutes, arrange refreshments, organising invitations and communicating with attendees)

• Managing meeting diaries, scheduling 1:2:1 meetings and monthly team meetings with efficiency and effectiveness is mind

• Maintaining health and safety records for all team members

• Keeping a record of gaps and/or training that is due to expire

• Ensuring that all data collection and retention is in line with GDPR regulations

• Ordering PPE, tools and equipment and stationery for team members

What does it take to be an Operational Team Administrator?

• Secretarial and/or administrative experience

• Excellent IT skills – experience in MS Office 365

• Ability to meet strict deadlines

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Attention to detail

• Flexible approach to work

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• Virtual GP for you and your household

• Life cover- 8 x annual salary paid to dependents

• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service as well as bank holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• Flexible working dependent on your role

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7%

• Bonus scheme

• Excellent family friendly policies , such as 26 weeks full pay for Maternity/Adoption leave

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers and our environment. Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do! We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

Closing date: Monday 21st September