Business Support Administrator

Salary: £25,620 - £25,989 pro rata per annum

Grade: CD

Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

Hours: 30 hours per week

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Planning are looking to appoint a Business Support Administrator, who will be required to work independently and as part of a team. To provide a wide range of administrative support to the Planning Operations team.

This will include:-

• Development Management,

• Building Control

• Land Charges.

• Record keeping,

• Managing incoming calls,

• Attending meetings and minute taking.

• Creating and inputting service spreadsheets will also be required.

• Managing filing systems,

• Processing invoices/ Raising Purchase Orders

You should be an effective communicator, with good IT skills, be accurate and apply attention to detail in your work. You will be expected to be reliable and often use your own initiative. Full training with be provided.

Skills required

We are looking for someone who is a good team player, who is proactive and can keep a level head in a very busy service, an individual who can work on their own initiative and as part of a small team. You will be a critical member of the Planning team. Supporting the administration, including processing invoices, uploading and transferring information, organising meetings, and raising purchase orders.

To be successful you must have good keyboard skills and experience in Word, Excel, Databases and Outlook. You must also have good literacy and numeracy skills, be able to prioritise your own workload, be conscientious, well-organised and have the ability to work independently whilst part of a small team.

Location

During the training period you will be required to work in the office (County Hall, Northallerton) 5 days a week Monday to Friday. Once training is complete you will be required to work in the office twice a week.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• A local government pension scheme with 15.1% employer contribution
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• Travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

Contact

We welcome any informal chats before application to establish if this role is suitable, please contact Sheila Cantrell,  View email address on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk , if you would like to discuss the role further.

Key Documents

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 14 July 2026

Interview Date: 17 July 2026 via Microsoft Teams

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds

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