Administrative Officer

HMCT - Administrative Officer

Location: 85 - 87 Lady's Lane Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 3HQ
OFFICE BASED
Hourly rate: £13.25 per hour
Working Days/Hours: Monday-Friday, 9.00am -5:00pm, 37 hours per week.
Length of assignment: 6 months with possibility of extension with good performance and client's need.

Brook Street in partnership with Ministry of Justice has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as an Admin Officer. This is great opportunity to gain valuable exposure/experience working within the Public Sector.

Key responsibilities:

Administration
* Preparing papers and files for court, tribunals, hearings and meetings.
* Producing court/tribunal documents.
* General photocopying and filing.
* Creating and updating records on in-house computer system and data input.
* Post opening and dispatch.
* Booking, preparing and organising meeting rooms, supporting training courses and other group activities.
* Preparing meeting agenda, joining instructions, handouts etc.
Drafting
* Standard letters and correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, submissions etc, according to guidelines and instructions.
Operations
* Clerking civil and family courts, tribunals and hearings, ensuring papers and materials are available and up to date
* Assisting court users, supporting listing and rota management, checking files
* Contacting relevant parties, scheduling, serving court documents, executing a range of warrants, collecting fines and fees etc, including the use of chip and pin
* Handling counter (face to face), written and telephone enquiries.
* To work as a team to ensure TIB (Team Information Board) meetings are relevant, timely and productive
* To work as a team to problem solve, to assess the impact of new SOPS, to contribute to small projects

Clearance level (to be applied for by Brook Street upon a successful application):
Basic DBS

Training provided: No annual leave during training period of 3-4 weeks

Additional clearance if applicable:

Please note that if you have spent a period of 6 months or longer outside of the UK, in the last 3 years, we will unfortunately require an additional overseas police check, this will be the responsibility of the candidate to provide.

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.