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Business Support Assistant (Stafford)
Staffordshire Place One (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£24,404
37.0 hours per week
As a Business Support Assistant you'll support the provision of a timely and high-quality business support service to our Children's Social Work Practitioner Teams in the Stafford District Office.
You'll focus on providing a range of core administrative and financial functions to support practitioners and you will be a first point of contact for enquiries. You will use departmental databases and financial systems and the full range of Microsoft packages as part of your daily administrative work.
Package Description
Main Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Monitoring and maintaining ICT systems including the input and retrieval of data
- produce a range of high-quality documents
- a range of administrative tasks ensuring compliance with business processes and Service Level Agreements
You'll have :
- NVQ 2 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
- Experience in working with Microsoft Office packages
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- good time management and organisational skills with an ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and on own initiative
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 Jacquie Clifford at: jacquie.clifford@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.
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 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.