Business Support Officer

5 days ago

Dewsbury, Kirklees, United Kingdom Kirklees Council Full time

We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Children & Families

Service Area

Learning & Early Support

Hours

30

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Dewsbury and surrounding areas

Position type

Temporary

Length of contract

12/7/26

Grade

Grade 6

Salary

£26,403 - £28,142

BENEFITS

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work.

This is a temporary position to cover maternity leave in the Business Support Team within the Educational Psychology and Early Years SEND Support Service under the Children and Families Directorate.

Days (Monday to Thursday)

You will be joining a small team in a busy office providing a wide range of administrative support for Educational Psychologists and Early Years Professionals who work with children and young people with Special Educational Needs across Kirklees.

Working alongside your fellow team members you will be providing a welcoming and knowledgeable response for service users and efficient and effective support for service members. The Business Support Officer function demands a high-level communications skills and professionalism, and to provide support where required.

You must be a self–motivated and organised individual with the ability to work as part of a busy team.

Duties will include:

  • Data processing (input and retrieval) – including service-based IT systems.
  • Information and record management.
  • Responding to non-routine enquiries.
  • Specialist word processing.
  • Administration for training events.
  • Working with WORD, EXCEL, TEAMs, Sharepoint.
  • General administrative duties.

Karen Miller is the manager for this role, please contact them on for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there's a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by phone: and ask for 'Recruitment'.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date

26 November 2025, 11:55 PM

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