Administration Support Officer

Team: Building Control

Job Family: Providing – CBG6
Salary: £26,824 - £28,142 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent

Closing Date: 29th May 2026

Interview Date: 22nd and 24th June 2026

 

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Administrator who is keen to work as part of a dynamic team dealing with a varied, interesting and busy workload.

The roles main duties and responsibilities include the registration and processing of Building Control applications, creating and correctly storing all the relevant documentation to enable the applications to reach completion.  Booking in site inspections received via email and telephone, responding to written and verbal enquiries, providing relevant information in accordance with data protection (GDPR), according to your level of ability. Carrying out Land Charge searches, taking payments and raising invoices.

 

You will have:

• Effective and confident communication – you will be liaising with external customers, building inspectors, colleagues across the council either verbally or written
• A commitment to deliver great customer service 
• Attention to detail – ensuring data is inputted correctly, efficiently and timely
• The ability to prioritise your own workload effectively to meet all deadlines
• A commitment to learning and upskilling - this can be new IT systems, processes and practices
• Proven experience of working within a professional environment supporting multiple team members with the day to day administration of the department
• Experience of financial processes within a work environment – raising invoices, collecting payments, and ensuing this is actioned in adherence to GDPR, and is timely and accurately reported

 

As part of your initial training you will need to attend Priory House, Shefford initially for 2 weeks for a full induction. Working in a hybrid manner after a successful induction period will be available.

 

Please submit your application as early as possible, as we reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applications.   

 

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills, contribute to a valued public service, and be part of a team that makes a real difference in the community.  

 

 

Our Offer

 

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

 

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Siân Cobb  at sian.cobb@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4378

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

 

Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.   Please book your place here.

 

More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council