Directorate Administrator Circa £31,755 dependent on skills & experience Permanent – full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time Huntingdon / Peterborough – hybrid working, with 3 days in the office
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You’ll provide high‑quality, consistent administrative and organisational support across the Quality Environment & Assurance Directorate, with a particular focus on senior leader support, stakeholder coordination, and day‑to‑day operational smoothness. The role covers proactive diary and inbox management, forward planning, meeting logistics, action tracking, and support for directorate‑wide events. A key part of the remit is information and correspondence management, including shared mailbox triage for regulatory and stakeholder communications, plus structured minute‑taking and action logging for technical and regulatory forums. You’ll also lead on purchasing and cost‑control admin, and own the Directorate’s Lighthouse site and document governance, ensuring content is accurate, controlled and compliant (including H&S and GDPR).
Key responsibilities
Provide proactive diary, inbox and administrative support to SLT members; plan and coordinate PDRs, 1:1s, team meetings and associated actions.
Triage and track incoming regulatory/stakeholder correspondence in shared mailboxes, coordinating responses and deadlines.
Oversee purchasing processes (raising orders, Barclaycard payments, GRNs, vendor set‑up) and administer CATs timesheets.
Own and maintain the QE&A Lighthouse site, document libraries and templates; ensure version control, naming, and GDPR‑compliant storage.
Champion the “Safer Every Day” agenda: complete H&S inductions/audits, monitor Working Time compliance, and report near misses.
We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Personal private health care
Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
25 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
Bonus scheme
Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
What does it take to be successful?
Organisation & time management across complex diaries, inboxes and logistics.
Clear written & verbal communication (incl. minute‑taking, reports, stakeholder correspondence).
Confidentiality & discretion handling sensitive information professionally.
IT proficiency (Microsoft 365, SAP, shared systems and records).
Behaviours that promote H&S, pride in work, clear information delivery, relationship‑building, curiosity and continuous learning.
Proven diary management experience.
GCSE Maths & English (or equivalent).
Relevant technical knowledge to support the directorate’s work.
Organisation & time management, communication, confidentiality & discretion, IT proficiency, H&S awareness, procurement & finance admin, and document/data management (as marked essential).
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: 18th October 2026 Interview dates: 28th and 29th October
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Car allowance
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 7% - you pay in 7%, we pay in 14%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health cash plan
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life assurance
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mental health support
Mentoring – including reverse mentoring and family leave returners
Neonatal leave
On-site catering
On-site shower
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household