Safeguarding Adult Partnership Administrator

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Partnership Board Administrator within the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board (SSASPB). This is a key role within a small team that is responsible for supporting the smooth running and administrative functions of the board.

SSASPB is a multi-agency partnership that ensures local agencies and professionals in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent work together to effectively safeguard adults from abuse and neglect. If you have an interest in working with a range of professionals to make a difference to the lives of adults with care and support needs, then this could be the position for you!

This is a part-time job share with an existing SSASPB administrator, working together to support the Board to meet its duties and deliver it's business plans through subgroup arrangements and performance management processes. The advertised post currently covers administrative support Wednesday to Friday.

The role is hybrid, with the team working remotely most of the time; there is some requirement for face to face and office attendance across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent on an ad hoc basis.

To find out more about the Board, visit our website at www.ssaspb.org.uk

You will:

• be responsible for providing effective administrative support to the SSASP Board meetings and associated task groups
• produce documents to a high standard of accuracy and presentation, such as agendas, reports and presentations to support the business manager and subgroup chairs
• minute meetings and track agreed actions and updates
• lead in diary management and coordination of meeting schedules and business plan activity
• obtain and accurately input and manage data, contributing to maintaining performance dashboards, trackers, presentations and reports using IT applications and packages
• have responsibility for managing the day to day financial transactions and reporting through our finance procurement system
• deal with enquiries from public and professionals as appropriate, acting as a point of contact and escalating as required
• support relationships between the Board, partner agencies and other organisations within a complex multi-agency environment
• coordinate and organise conferences, events, seminars as requested
• Contribute to raising the profile of SSASPB and safeguarding messages through newsletters, website content management etc.
• Contribute to research and development proposals related to SSASPB policies, procedures and resources

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum 5 GCSEs or equivalent, including English and Mathematics
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Business Administration, or equivalent experience working in an administrative role
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and other systems to support administrative functions
• Experience of minuting meetings accurately and in real time
• Experience of data management
• Experience of managing/prioritising and directing own/others workload to meet agreed deadlines and outcomes
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of or an interest in safeguarding adults

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

It is anticipated that interviews will be held during week commencing 10th November. Please note any dates you are unavailable during this week on your application.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Stephanie Kincaid-Banks, SSASPB Business Manager at stephanie.kincaid-banks2@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

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In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

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.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.