Administration Assistant (Planning)


Job description

Provide day to day clerical support services for the Planning Department, maintain Management Information Systems and responsible for bank lodgements and financial procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Provide administrative support services to the planning technical team including drafting letters, memos, reports, photocopying, and filing. scanning, printing photocopying, and uploading documents and data entry.
  • Responsible for the information management on the planning portal including recording, scanning, amending, updating and deleting information.
  • Preparing advertisements of planning application for the public domain
  • Provide first point of contact for information service and deals with customer routine enquiries. Carry out reception duties when required.
  • Deals with queries from the NI direct access telephone service for customers who submit planning queries.
  • Creates planning application files and prepares the relevant documentation for the files for the planning technical team.
  • Responsible for the safety of cash in an open environment and security of the monies received. Record money and fee from customers in the registry book.
  • Accountable for all day to day finance procedures including reconciliation and security of all monies and adherence to all financial management procedures including discrepancy reporting, preparation of refund authorisations and lodgement process.
  • Undertake general administrative functions including, invoicing, collation of reports, data input and processing.
  • File retrieval and record management which includes off site storage.
  • Participate in and ensure compliance with all Council policies and procedures and operate within the highest standards of personal behaviour which reflect the core values of the organisation.
  • Ensure full compliance with Health and Safety requirements and legislation in accordance with Council’s Policies and Procedures.
  • Undertake any other duties appropriate to scale, which may be required from time to time.
  • 14. Comply with and actively promote the Council’s policies and procedures on all aspects of equality.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

  • Minimum of 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above or equivalent level of qualification.
  • Two years’ demonstrable administrative experience in all of the following areas.
  • Dealing with the public and responding to enquiries from a range of stakeholders.
  • Data input.
  • Cash handling to include processing invoices and preparation of bank lodgements.
  • Record management and file retrieval.
  • Technical Competencies/Knowledge.
  • Working knowledge and application of Microsoft Office packages to include word, excel and using emails and internet.
  • Working knowledge and application of data protection legislation.

Further Information

Please note the closing date for applications is Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 4:00 pm. CV's will not be accepted.

Vacancy ID
1785183
Job ref.
26/102
Job Sector
Secretarial and Administration,Public Sector
Area
Derry or Londonderry
Location
Derry/Londonderry
Salary
Scale 4 (SCP 10-14) £27,694 - £29,540 per annum
No. vacancies
1
Contract Type
Temporary
Weekly hours
37
Published date
07/09/2026
Closing date
17/09/2026
Worktime
Monday - Friday 09:00 am - 5:00 pm

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