Job Description

Admin Officer

Location: Milton Keynes
Security Clearance: Required
Pay Rate: £15.22 per hour
Contract Duration: Initial contract until September 2025

Hybrid Working

We are currently recruiting for an Admin Officer to provide business support within the Strategy, Performance & Governance team for our government client. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success of the wider Services while gaining exposure to a variety of tasks across different business areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain contractor database, ensuring contract staff are compliant and requisition data is accurate.
• Receipt contractor timesheets and ensure timely invoice payments.
• Administer mobile communication assets, manage orders, returns, and maintain the asset register.
• Support business areas with compliance, provide reminders, and act as a point of contact for queries.
• Manage information integrity as an Information Asset Administrator, adhering to Services policies and legal requirements.
• Act as Requisitioner, processing purchase orders in line with the Purchase2Pay process.
• Handle Government Procurement Card purchases, ensuring compliance with policy.
• Liaise with departments for recruitment and purchasing queries and resolve issues to improve processes.
• Ensure recruitment, assurance, and procurement data is managed and complies with retention schedules.
• Provide secretarial support to meetings and boards.
• Manage workload to meet business-critical deadlines and take part in Continual Service Improvement activities.
• Review Group mailboxes and allocate emails to relevant colleagues.
• Gather and compile management information for data packs.
• Engage with colleagues to ensure compliance and understanding of business requirements.
• Provide ad-hoc administrative and secretariat support as needed.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Strong IT skills, with experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and M365 (Sharepoint).
• Proactive, flexible, and resilient with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• General administration experience with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys working across multiple business areas. If you have the right skills and are ready for a new challenge, apply now!

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.