Role Description
The key purpose of the role is to manage the office of the Company Secretary. In particular this involves providing administrative support and ensuring that the Office is run in a customer friendly, efficient and effective manner, and establishing a two-way channel of communication between the Company Secretary and staff across Northern Ireland Water.
The role will include direct liaison with the other Directorates as well as Department for Infrastructure, Utility Regulator, other Government Bodies, public representatives and members of the public.
This is an office-based role and the post holder will be required to attend the workplace on a full-time basis in order to meet business and service delivery requirements
Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.
Candidates MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview that they meet the following, essential criteria:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
A minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent, at grade C or above (to include Maths and English).
A minimum of two years’ business administration experience including minute taking, diary co-ordination, reporting and general correspondence.
A high level of competence in the use of current IT packages, in particular Outlook/Microsoft Word/PowerPoint and Excel.
Ability to effectively plan, prioritise and manage own workload making the best use of time and resources. Maintain a focus on detail and accuracy and produce work of a high quality.
Ability to communicate confidently, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
The ability to analyse a range of information, consult effectively with others and draw sound conclusions based on the information available.
The ability to work on own initiative and take personal responsibility for own work.
What is on Offer
Salary
This role offers a competitive remuneration package with a salary scale of £29,863 - £36,499 per annum.
The starting salary will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Location
Westland, 40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, BT14 6TE.
What we Offer
Generous annual leave and public/privilege holidays
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Hybrid Working (applicable to some of our roles after three months following onboarding and training)
Occupational sick pay
Employee assistance programmes
Cycle to work scheme
One of the largest corporate volunteering schemes in NI
Award winning health and wellbeing programme which focuses on supporting four key area of employee health; Physical, Mental, Social and Financial
How to Apply
To submit your application, please click the APPLY icon.
For additional information about the role please download a Candidate Brief below.
Closing date for submission of Applications: Monday 23 Mar 2026 10:00
Interview dates (week commencing): Monday 13th April 2026