Business Support Assistant - Stafford, United Kingdom - Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council

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Stafford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

Business Support is key to the success of our Children's Services because our Business Support teams are there, making sure things run smoothly, so that our frontline colleagues can deliver for children and families in the community.

All that work in the background doesn't just happen, it takes dedicated colleagues, taking pride in their work and seeing a purpose in the work they are doing.

The post holder will be predominantly be office based, although some home working is arranged on a rota basis dependant on the demands of the service.

We are looking to appoint a full time - 37 hours - permanent Business Support Assistant based in central Stafford.

This role will work within the Fostering Service Business Support team.

Main Responsibilities

Supporting practitioners as a first point of contact, ensuring children, families, partners and stakeholders are received with a professional/knowledgeable response to enquiries in a timely manner.
Completing a range of administrative tasks ensuring compliance with business processes and Service Level Agreements.
Produce a range of highquality documents.
To provide support advice and guidance to districtbased practitioners in the use of IT and related software.

Working in Business Support requires teamwork, good organisational skills and a good level of competency using IT systems

You'll also need:

Good organisation skills and attention to detail, as you'll be keeping data updated and you'll be working to deadlines
A flexible approach to work as sometimes things can change, and so you'll need to be able to prioritise work and sometimes change tasks quickly
A passion to always give the best service

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation.

Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together.

This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.

We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do.

We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.