Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

What is the job role?

We have a Senior Administrative Post providing high quality administrative support in the Community Discharge Team based at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.

The role would cover a range of administrative office duties dealing and resolving queries, data inputting and retrieval, working with various Council ICT systems and ensuring that information is kept up to date and the candidate must be competent in taking notes.

It is 37 hours post with a work pattern on a rota basis,

Monday – Friday 8.00am – 4.00pm/12.00pm – 8.00pm

Weekends 8.00am – 4.00pm

You will be working on site at UHCW and working from home on the 12-8 shift subject change. (10% is paid in recognition of shift work)

For an informal chat about the role please contact Trish Lesik - trish.lesik@coventry.gov.uk

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will be shortlisted against the following -

• experience of working in a busy office environment
• excellent IT skills, able to input and retrieve data using Microsoft applications or similar
• use own initiative, be able to take direction and work as part of a team
• able to prioritise

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date:  17th April 2023

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council