Business Support Minute Taker - Bootle, United Kingdom - Liverpool City Combined Authority

Liverpool City Combined Authority

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Bootle, United Kingdom

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Description

£12.94- per hour- Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 3NJAdmin,

Temporary

Role:

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON
Children's Services

Department:
Children's Social Care

Location:
Magdalen House Bootle Liverpool L20 3NJ

Post:
Business Support Minute Taker

Post Number:

Grade:
E

Accountable to:
The Business Support Officer based at Magdalen House Bootle Liverpool L20 3NJ by means of regular formal supervision sessions together with normal arrangements for support and development

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide administrative support to the Cared for Teams and Young Persons Team including the minuting of Strategy Meetings & other Professional meetings as and required.

MAIN DUTIES:

To type formal reports, letters, memos, and any other appropriate correspondence.
To organise the collation and filing of reports, files, registers, and any other appropriate records in relation to the work of the Cared for Teams and Young Persons Team.
To attend Strategy Meetings and any other meetings when necessary and to act as minute taker where appropriate.
To undertake reception duties on behalf of the of the Cared for Teams and Young Persons Team.
To maintain appropriate records of work undertaken and to comply with required administrative procedures, particularly the liaison with other agencies.
To provide administrative support to the Cared for Teams and Young Persons Team.
To process incoming and outgoing mail & telephone handling.
To prepare for and attend supervision sessions and staff meetings.
To participate in available training, and developmental activities as required.
To contribute as appropriate to developments within Children's Services.
To undertake any other duties as directed from time to time to meet the exigencies of the service.
For operational reasons, it may be necessary for the postholder to work in other Children's Services sites on a temporary basis.

ORGANISATION CHART
Business Support Officer
Team Manager

Business Support Assistant Grade F x 3
Minute Taker Grade E
- x 1_

Business Support Assistant Grade E x 1_
Business Support Assistant Grade D x 7_

This Post

GENERAL

Since confidential information is involved with the duties of this post, the postholder will be required to exercise discretion at all times and to observe relevant codes of practice and legislation in relation to data protection and personal information.

This job description is a representative document.

Other reasonable similar duties may be allocated from time to time commensurate with the general character of the post and its grading.

All staff are responsible for the implementation of the Health and Safety Policy so far as it affects them, their colleagues and others who may be affected by their work.

The post holder is also expected to monitor the effectiveness of the health and safety arrangements and systems to promote appropriate improvements where necessary.

Date:

Prepared by:
Business Support Officer

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Business Support Minute Taker

Grade:
Scale E

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED
(on the basis of job outline)
Essential (E)
Desirable (D)
Method

QUALIFICATIONS

OCR (RSA II) qualification or equivalent, or equivalent experience
Word Processing qualification/experience
GCSE English and Maths (grades A-C) or equivalent NVQ qualifications

E
E
E
A / C / I / T
A / I
A / C

EXPERIENCE

Proven clerical experience.
Work as part of a team.
Experience in providing the full range of word processing services in an office environment.
Proven experience of minute-taking in a formal setting

E
E
E
E
A / I
A / I
A / I
A / T
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

Working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
Ability to take clear and concise minutes
Demonstrable organisational skills.
Proven ability to prioritise work and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
Good communication skills

E
E
E
E
E
A / I
A / I / T
A / I
A / I
A/I

OTHER

Adaptable/Flexible.
Ability to cope with sensitive nature and content of child protection information.

E
E
A / I
A / I

Key:
A = Application

C = Certificate
I = Interview
T = Test

The role entails working closely with other members of the Business Support Team and completing general administrative tasks for the service (for example, typing formal correspondence, filing, collating reports and records, answering the telephone, reception, covering for other colleagues as and when needed and post duties etc.).

Liaising with all professionals within Social Care and other bodies outside of the Local Authority, good communication skills are essential along with the capacity to deal confidentially with matters of a sensitive nature and cope with the content of child protection information.

The post is based at Magdalen House in Bootle but due to operational reasons, the postholder may be required to work in other establishments throughout the Sefton Borough.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further detail.