Support Assistant

Main Duties & Responsibilities

To provide a diverse range of administrative and secretarial support across the Council’s Law and Governance Service, which includes, Democratic Services, Legal Services and the Corporate Secretariat

Essential Criteria

1. Courteous professional and committed to providing excellent levels of service.
2. Excellent interpersonal skills.
3. Enthusiastic, proactive, flexible, self motivated and self supervising.
4. Able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
5. Accomplished user of ICT for correspondence, documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
6. GSCE grade C or above in English and Maths.

The clearly defined Essential and Desirable criteria are included in the full Job Description attached under the headings Qualifications & Experience, Technical Knowledge/Skills and Behavioural Skills, please read this carefully.

Benefits include:

1. A final year salary pension scheme [available to all employees who work for Oxford City Council for three months or more]
2. up to 32 days annual leave [after 5 years’ service]
3. Flex time [where appropriate]
4. A childcare voucher scheme.

Oxford City Council encourages all staff to consider alternatives to car journeys, both for travel to and during work, such as walking, cycling and public transport where possible.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Sue Brown, Legal Services Practice Manager, on 01865 252844 or email

Closing Date: 28th June 2012 at 16.30 pm

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Interview Date: week commencing 9th July 2012

Disabled Applicants who meet the essential criteria on the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

Oxford City Council is not currently licensed as a sponsor and cannot employ migrant workers outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland under the Point Based System rules, issued by the UK Border Agency.

To apply please go to www.oxford.gov.uk/jobs