Business Support Officer – 37 Hours

 

BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER – 37 HOURS 

 

Application Deadline: 26 August 2024

Department: Childrens Services

Location: Torbay Council

Compensation: £23,500 – £23,893 / year

 

Description 

Job Description & Person Specification > 

We have an opportunity for a full time Business Support Officer within Children’s Services, this exciting post will be working within our new ‘One Children’s Service’ which encompasses both Education and Social Care. As such, there will be a huge variety in terms of duties to be undertaken and knowledge gained from within a forward-thinking and highly supportive team.

The ideal candidate will have some knowledge of the service and have good administrative skills, including IT, minute taking, and general office administration. A sound knowledge of Microsoft applications would be an advantage.

In addition to this, the candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise work, be organised and committed to providing an excellent service in a challenging and fast paced environment.

The successful candidate will benefit from working with a highly supportive and encouraging team. They will gain the opportunity of choosing a hybrid working model with the flexibility to accommodate home / office working, alongside a generous annual leave entitlement, and the Council’s flexi scheme.

Successful candidate will be offered a full training package.

This post meets the requirements of the Public Services Network (PSN) and therefore will require a Basic Criminal Record Check. This will show any unspent convictions and conditional cautions. 

For an informal chat please contact Mark Richards on 01803 207223 or [email protected]. 

Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 2nd September 2024. 

Our adverts do sometimes close early – even where there’s a published deadline – so if you’re keen, please apply as soon as possible. 

 

Skills  

Essential:

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to cope with a wide range of tasks within a short time scale and work to deadlines.
• Ability to take accurate minutes.
• Effective organisational skills.
• Effective ICT skills.

 

This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English. 

 

Knowledge 

Essential:

• Experience of working with a range of IT software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Edge.

 

Experience & Qualifications 

Essential:

• Educated to O Level/GCSE standard (or equivalent).
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of working in a busy office using a range of administration procedures.
• Experience of dealing with a range of enquiries both on the telephone and face to face.