Administrator

3 weeks ago


Bridgwater, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

**Some key information**
- 37 hours per week. Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm and Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm.
- This role offers hybrid working. Bridgwater based, for a minimum of one day per week to work alongside business support and operational colleagues in Children’s Social Care.
- Maternity Leave Cover - The position is offered on a fixed term contract, initially 9 months commencing in May 2024, with the possibility of being extended to 12 months.
- Start date to be agreed with the successful applicant.
- Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3rd April in Bridgwater House.

**What will I be doing?**
We’re working to improve the lives of vulnerable children and their families in Somerset - and as a Senior Business Support Assistant for our Assessment, Safeguarding and Children with Disabilities Teams, you’ll be a key part in that. Your day-to-day work will involve, but is not limited to:

- Database monitoring and updating
- Taking telephone calls
- Arranging transport
- Sending out letters and reports
- Arranging and minuting meetings
- Liaising with professionals from other agencies

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

- Are passionate about helping to improve the lives of vulnerable children and young people living in Somerset.
- have a warm, friendly, non-judgemental manner in order to help the families we support feel comfortable. You will need to be calm and kind in difficult situations and conversations.
- Have experience working in an office environment
- Know your way around Microsoft 365 (especially Word, MS Teams and Excel) and are comfortable using databases
- Can deal with changing and competing deadlines and priorities (not everybody can, and that’s ok - but it’s super important in a role like this one)
- Are educated to GCSE (or equivalent) Grade 4 (C ) or above standard in English and Maths

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management and regular 1:1 supervision. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

**Anything else I should know?**
The salary for this role is £23,114 to £23,893 per annum for 37 hours per week.

The role is offered on a hybrid basis and there is an expectation that a minimum of one day per week will be working in Bridgwater alongside your Business Support Team.

**A bit more about Somerset Council**
**DBS information**
This post requires a basic Disclosure check.

Job Reference: SCC04743


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