Job Description

How you'll make a difference:

As an Administrator Note Taker, you will arrange meetings and take minutes at confidential and sensitive meetings. Providing support to our Independent Reviewing Officers, your work allows us all to deliver the best possible services for local people.


What you will be doing:
Day-to-day, you will provide administrative support, including preparing for and arranging statutory child protection meetings. You will attend meetings either virtually or in person at venues across South Gloucestershire and provide note taking, making sure they are clear and accurate. As required, you will accurately record information into the central computerised system and distribute minutes within required statutory timescales. It will be your responsibility to monitor and prioritise the flow of incoming work via either a shared mailbox or internal computerised system and ensure documentation is correct and input accurately.

What we need from you:
We require you to hold either an NVQ Level 2 or 3 GCSEs (grade 4 or above) or an equivalent qualification or have experience in office administration. You will need to have the ability to take and type up accurate minutes of meetings, format documents using Microsoft Office and maintain computerised record systems. It is essential that you can work on your own initiative and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.

What you need to know:
This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office and at home. You will be expected to travel to other locations across South Gloucestershire so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 10th December 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:
As part of our benefits package, you will receive

generous annual leave (pro rata)

, employee

wellbeing support

and you will have access to a range of

staff discounts

, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our

diverse team

of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities. We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine

flexibility

to help them achieve that

work/life balance.

We invest in the careers of our people, and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our

training and development

offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.




Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of. We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life. We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.


We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it!

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