Business Support Officer

1 month ago


Salisbury, United Kingdom Staffordshire County Council Full time

Job Introduction
Business and Executive Support is a central business support function which is aligned to meet the requirements of Staffordshire County Council and which fulfils the needs of the organisation as it evolves. This role will sit within the Families & Communities team.

Main Responsibilities
The postholder will provide a proactive, comprehensive, administrative and business support service to the senior team within the Educational Psychology service, allowing them to manage and coordinate teams effectively and efficiently in their work supporting children and young people, families, schools and other agencies. This role also requires experience in servicing various formal meetings, including; organising venues, issuing invites and minute taking, the production of accurate records and the distribution of reports within agreed timescales.

Flexibility, problem solving skills, listening skills, a confidential approach and the ability to work to tight deadlines are all vital for this role.

This role will be office based with home working opportunities.
- Excellent communication skills to engage our customers and Administration teams to share best practise using digital solutions where appropriate to improve processes.
- Interested in the work of the service and services for children, families and schools.
- Ability to work under their own initiative and as a team whilst maintaining a calm approach under pressure
- An ability to work in a fast-paced, busy environment and to manage changes at short notice, with a flexible approach.
- Strong IT skills with a knowledge of SCC systems or similar packages for data management.
- Good administrative organisational skills

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.



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