Business Support Officer

2 weeks ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Business Support Officer (BSO) to provide administrative support in our newly formed LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service (LESAS) within the Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Professional Standards Unit. The LESAS team builds upon the statutory LADO function for the whole of the children’s workforce and supports education settings (early years settings, childminders, schools, and colleges) in Kent who work with children aged 0-18 to meet their safeguarding responsibilities and respond to safeguarding concerns.

As part of a small administration team, you will play an integral role in providing administrative support to the wider LESAS team, made up of experienced social work and education professionals who have a thorough understanding of key local and national legislation and statutory guidance related to safeguarding and education safeguarding practice. In this role you will ensure the LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service is able to fulfil their functions as efficiently as possible.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Act as a point of contact to ensure that internal staff, partners and members of the public who contact the team are dealt with efficiently and consistently.
- Support managers in the processing and monitoring of a range of financial and procurement transactions to help ensure that budgets are properly managed and procurement policy adhered to.
- Quality assure data held on different systems to ensure accuracy, in order to provide reliable information on which management decisions can be made.
- Monitor and update systems in an accurate and timely manner whilst adhering to GDPR requirements.

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience in administrative support or a similar role.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Commitment to the values and principles of Kent County Council.

The work is interesting, varied and demanding, and we need someone with a calm and organised approach who can make a positive contribution to the success of the team. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to contribute to meaningful work that impacts our community.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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