Business Support Coordinator - Reigate, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Reigate, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

This role has a starting salary of £31,262 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.

We are looking for a full time
Business Support Coordinator to work in this varied and interesting role within the Children, Families & Learning Business Support Team supporting Inclusion and Additional Needs.

Applicants will need to be prepared to travel within Surrey County supporting staff and projects.

This position is based inside one of our main area offices, click HERE to see a 360 degree view of the building and surrounding area along with a view of the reception.

About Us
Children, Families and Learning provides a range of highly specialist services to vulnerable children and young people.

Services are delivered directly to children and their families within extensive statutory frameworks and staff working in these areas need specialist knowledge in order to deliver effective services to these high risk and high need groups.

About the Role

You will manage and develop a team of administrators to deliver a high quality and efficient administration service to assist in delivering the overall aim of the service to improve outcomes for children.

Your duties will include coordinating support to the Assistant Directors.

Our admin teams support Social Care and Education staff and this role will be pivotal in developing the business support team to support education specialists.

In the role of
Business Support Coordinator you will have the additional responsibility of guiding more junior staff, ensuring they meet their work goals but also develop within Surrey County Council.

You will support with implementing process improvements to improve the performance of the administration service and increase customer satisfaction. You'll need excellent interpersonal skills along with a high level of written and oral communication skills.

In this role, you will be working with highly confidential information in a customer focused environment and have the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience of working alongside more junior members of staff and developing them in a professional setting
Has experience of overseeing team workloads with strong organisational skills
Has high level administrative and analytical skills
Has excellent communication skills and the ability to build key relationships
Is confident, organised and works proactively
Has excellent IT skills and is proficient in using Microsoft Office

Our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.**Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 28/08/2023 with interviews to follow.

Contact details

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

**Our Commitment