Senior Business Support Assistant

3 weeks ago


Taunton, United Kingdom iWork Recruitment Limited Full time

Contract to start on 02-04-24 until 31-12-24 with a possible extension.

**Role purpose**

To provide a comprehensive administrative support to Childrens Services, for Inclusion Services and/or Education Partnerships & Skills Services.

Working within our supportive and collaborative business administration teams, you will receive ongoing training and support to use a variety of platforms for data entry and information processing data of a confidential and sensitive nature.

Within your team you will have an essential role in supporting our frontline operational colleagues who support children, young and people and their families.

You will be working and communicating with education settings and schools, other Local Authorities, partner agencies and parents and carers.

Providing extensive support to a range of meetings and forums.

**Accountabilities**

Development and maintenance of acquired knowledge concerning operational/service-based specialist processes and procedures in order to support practitioners and/or senior officers.

In addition the role requires an understanding of operational standards and priorities and the context in which decisions are made.

Take the lead responsibility for organising, administering, and minuting/recording a range of meetings, panels, reviews, conferences, etc.

Many of these will be multi-agency and take place within statutory/regulatory frameworks and deadlines.

Notes from these meetings can be used in court proceedings or other judicial processes.

To act as the first point of contact and due to the nature of the service provided the enquiries will often be sensitive/complex/contentious.

Use experience, acquired knowledge and discretion to answer, resolve queries, provide and explain information as directed by a senior officer or to make an accurate record of the request/complaint and ensure that it is passed to a suitable respondent.

Regular contact with professional staff from partner agencies and other public bodies to pass and receive information, make arrangements or deal with queries. These contacts may be in a statutory or formal setting.

The role will often require direct contact with service users who may be distressed or challenging.

These contacts require tact and discretion and the ability to explain sometimes complex situations in a way that can be readily understood by the service user.

The role will bring occasional contact with senior managers and elected members seeking advice and/or information.

Also, the work regarding the organisation and arrangements for meeting may require some first level negotiating skills.

RQ1230230-03-24

**Salary**: £11.98 per hour

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RQ1230230-03-24



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