Team Coordinator in Wakefield

Location: Wakefield
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: Wakefield Council
Job Hours: Full-time
Remote: Work from home

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Wakefield Council is looking to recruit one Team Coordinator into the Climate Change Team on a temporary basis, until September .

What will be expected from me?

To provide a confidential, efficient and effective administrative and coordinating support service to the whole Climate Change team, and to provide PA support to the Programme Manager. 

We welcome informal enquiries about the posts. This is an opportunity to join a friendly team with big ambitions for Wakefield. We offer flexible and home-based working, as well as a modern office environment at Wakefield One.

What I might be doing?

  • To coordinate the Net Zero Partnership, handling all correspondence and planning. To provide event management support for the net zero partnership including the organisation of yearly summits and quarterly workshops.
  • To effectively manage the climate change inbox and handle communications both internally and externally on behalf of the team, including FOI requests.
  • To provide administrative support for the programme governance of the Climate Change Team, including meeting organisation, minute taking and collating information.
  • Prepare agendas and relevant documentation, distribute, attend and take minutes at meetings as necessary.
  • Co-ordinate briefing material for Service Manager and other senior management as necessary and provide information to colleagues, visitors, management and Elected Members as appropriate.
  • Maintain office filing systems, computerised records, diary, postal, hospitality records to comply with audit requirements
  • Assist in the recruitment process of all new posts for the climate change team, including advertising, interview scheduling and onboarding.
  • Essential requirements:

  • NVQ level 3 in Business Administration or Equivalent
  • Sound knowledge of Microsoft office applications e.g. databases, spreadsheets, word processing.
  • Excellent literacy and numeracy skills together with the ability to demonstrate good organisational skills.
  • Experience of dealing with enquiries from a variety of contact channels including the telephone, e-mail and social media.
  • Using computer databases to record and view customer information and transactions.
  • Organising and servicing meetings inc. agendas and minutes.
  • What can I expect?

  • This is a full-Time post of 37 hours per week.
  • 25 days of Holidays plus 8 Bank Holidays.
  • Support and ongoing training.
  • Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard)
  • The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Great range of benefits including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program with a dedicated personal trainer, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, cycle to work scheme and many more.
  • Partly office-based working, with flexible and home working at management discretion

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