Business Support Co-ordinator

Business Support Coordinator

Permanent

Grade 4 - £32,076 - £39,186

Working 36.5 hours per week

**What we need**

As a Business Support Coordinator, you will be an integral part of our versatile business support team, supporting a range of service areas with a focus on Adult Social Care.

You will have previous skills and experience in high level administration, and the ability to take notes at formal meetings, juggle varying demands, work to tight deadlines and take responsibility for your own workload. We are looking for an individual who has a positive and flexible approach with excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with being enthusiastic and self-motivated.

Every day is different in our business and your tasks will be wide and varied, one day you may be arranging a meeting and coordinating actions and the next you will be problem solving and collating information as directed by the Head of Service. We really enjoy our roles but don’t take my word for it, you are welcome to reach out to any of the team to have a chat about the role.

You will be skilled at using Microsoft Office and hybrid functionality such as Microsoft Teams.

This is a full-time role where you will be required to work in a hybrid way, supporting a blend of in-office and remote working, dependent on business need.

**What do you get out of it?**

Working for Business Support with Adult Social Care is more than just a job. We support some of the most vulnerable citizens in Birmingham so we really do feel a sense of job satisfaction at the end of the day. We are PROUD to be employees of Birmingham City Council and we want you to be too

We have fantastic benefits and great career progression routes, from Business Support Coordinators, PAs to Business Support Managers - maybe you will be our next Head of Service We aim to develop and coach our staff so once you are trained in your role if your career ambitions are high we will help support you to move up through our roles.

Our employee make up is diverse, and we are an inclusive team who welcome contributions to the service we provide, if you can see a way for things to be done better, we want to hear your ideas.

We offer many benefits, some of which are listed below:

- We are a sociable team who like to meet regularly and have regular catch ups virtually
- Your contribution is valued and we often ask for colleagues to get involved in wider business priorities - if you have an area you are interested in then tell us so we can match your interests to tasks where possible.
- Pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
- Flexible working, where applicable
- Staff discount scheme with a number of local businesses.
- Family-friendly policies
- A supportive and empowering organisational culture
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Subsidised travel passes
- Occupational Health support including a confidential counselling service.
- An accredited Investor in People.
- Employee health and wellbeing support

Most importantly we want to make a difference to the lives of people who live and work in Birmingham. **_Join us _**to make that difference happen.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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