Management Support Officer

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An opportunity has arisen to join our Public Health Directorate as the Management Support Officer to the Head of Public Health/Clinical Director of South Yorkshire CYP Alliance on a full time basis to cover Maternity Leave. Providing a comprehensive and efficient business support service to enable the fulfilment of the dual roles effectively in the context of working across health and local authority at place and South Yorkshire levels.

Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. The changes are clear to see - from new businesses and jobs, to improving school results and to museums being recognised for their community engagement.

Shape a better future with us

Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.

Your role in our journey

As a Management Support Officer, you will provide a high-quality business support service, the post holder will be the first point of contact for all forms of communication for the Head of Public Health/Clinical Director and will be expected to prioritise their workload using judgement and initiative.

The post holder will be responsible for diary and email management using personal judgement to plan ahead and manage commitments in a fast-paced working environment. You will arrange and service meetings taking, transcribing and distributing accurate minutes and following up any actions deemed appropriate.

The post will be required to work across teams within the Local Authority and NHS, this interesting and varied role requires you to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork. Good communication skills and the ability to deal with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner are essential.

As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme and training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance.

What you’ll need

To join us, you’ll need be educated to Level 3 and have considerable administration experience including being skilled in Microsoft packages, communication and minute-taking whilst managing a challenging and diverse workload

For further details please contact aliciasansome@barsnley.gov.uk