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Participation Team Assistant (Maternity Cover), Culture Leicestershire

  •  East Midlands
  •  Â£25k-30k
  •  Part time
  •  Closes April 28, 2025
  •  Bethany Nugent
  •  bethany.nugent@leics.gov.uk
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Description

Job Summary

Join Culture Leicestershire's Participation Team and help support our work with local people to shape how culture and heritage is interpreted, experienced and enjoyed. We empower communities to influence our services and engage with people who experience inequality.

Job Description

Working Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 9 months starting in May/June 2025 for maternity leave cover

Interview Date(s): 8th May 2025

The successful applicant will work closely with the Senior Support Officer to assist the Culture Leicestershire (CuL) team in effective service delivery. This includes carrying out a wide range of activities such as:

  • Assisting team managers with production of documentation and reports.
  • Arranging meetings, monitoring mailboxes, producing newsletters.
  • Creation of orders and admin around payments for suppliers.
  • Creating and refreshing systems which help to organise team activity.
  • Supporting the development of social media channels, website and online engagement, using marketing to raise the profile of the team.
  • Assisting with evaluation work including data inputting.

Job Requirements

To apply for this post, you must:

  • Have previous experience in an administrative role demonstrating flexibility when supporting multiple team members with conflicting and changing priorities
  • Show meticulous attention to detail, ensuring clear and concise communication with different styles for different audiences
  • Have excellent IT skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook etc, and have the ability to learn and utilise a variety of software including online applications such as Canva and WordPress
  • Be able to input and retrieve a variety of data accurately and effectively and to produce reports
  • Have experience in using different social media platforms professionally, optimising content to further build audiences and encourage interaction and engagement with communities and partners

For all essential criteria please see the job description / person specification which can be downloaded here http://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply - www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply

Job Responsibilities

Equal opportunities

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition, we also expect you to share https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/lcc/pages/1004 - our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please visit the job listing by following the link above and click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.

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