Senior Business Support Assistant

2 weeks ago

Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

**Some key information**
- 25 days annual leave
- Exciting opportunity to be part of a small and supportive team
- Fixed term contract, full time role.
- Location: Yeovil and/or Shepton Mallet. If based in Yeovil there would be an expectation to also work from the Shepton Mallet office on occasion

**What will I be doing?**
This is an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and motivated individual to join our Business Support Team within Adult Social Care as a Senior Business Support Assistant. You will be part of a small, friendly and supportive team with many years of experience working within Adult Social Care. As well as receiving a robust and comprehensive induction programme, you will have opportunities to meet with and receive peer support from colleagues across the service areas.

**Your day-to-day work will involve**:

- Providing an administrative and business support service to operational colleagues often dealing with sensitive and/or confidential matters.
- Minute taking for a range of meetings.
- Management of a Business Support Administrator

**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 educated to GCSE level including English and Maths Grade C/4 or equivalent and have significant relevant office experience within an administrative role.
- Can flourish in a fast-paced environment and prioritise work to meet changing deadlines.
- Have working experience using Outlook and Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Are an excellent communicator with a flexible, positive, and committed attitude.

**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. 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?** This a Grade 14 role and the salary is £23,114 - £23,893 per annum working 37 hours per week.**

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.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact:
**DBS information**
This role requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04728

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