Housing Technical Support Officer

About the role

We are looking for two Housing Technical Support Officers to provide essential administrative and technical support across Housing and Public Protection Services. The role is hybrid, with one day per week in the Maidenhead office, and offers a fast‑paced environment supporting multiple council teams.

Key responsibilities

• Raising and processing invoices and utility bills.
• Creating purchase orders.
• Providing administrative assistance to Environmental Health Officers.
• Processing food registration applications.
• Supporting Trading Standards activities.
• Managing shared mailboxes (team of 4 handling 9 mailboxes).
• Conducting Land Registry searches.
• Investigating and resolving queries efficiently.
• Using systems and tools to differentiate residential and public area cases.

Required profile

• Highly organised with strong administrative abilities.
• Comfortable handling high volumes of work across multiple tasks.
• Proactive problem‑solver with good attention to detail.
• Effective both in a team and independently.
• Confident managing shared inboxes and prioritising workloads.
• Desirable: experience in a local authority or public sector environment and familiarity with housing, environmental health or regulatory services.

Required skills

What we offer

• Hybrid working (1 day per week in the office).
• Free on‑site parking (permit provided).
• Immediate start on a 3‑month fixed‑term contract with potential extension.
• Rate of £15.66 PAYE or £19.79 Umbrella per hour.