Business Support Assistant

About the role

**Business Support Assistant**

Fixed Term, Part Time 25 hours a week

Up to £19,579 per annum Pro Rata

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

**This is a fixed term role for a period of 6 months.**

**Overview**:
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of Essex County Council’s large, dynamic and highly valued Business Support Team who work in specialised Business Centres across Essex promoting specialised knowledge and improving service and efficiencies.

Business Support teams deliver outstanding administration and customer service to all Essex County Council (ECC) functional areas. Our multi skilled teams deliver services from Business Centre hubs; providing a wide variety of support to high volume processes and tasks such as data input and management, minute taking, finance tasks, managing high volume calls, receptions and requests for assistance. We also support front line teams and social care functions that require a more integrated approach to support.

We are proactive, forward-thinking and solution focused; we streamline processes and maximise digital opportunities. In doing so, we help increase the effectiveness of ECC to deliver better outcomes for the people of Essex than it could without our support.

We value our people and help them strive to deliver their potential and walk their career pathways within our organisation, giving them the tools and learning to get there.
**The Role**:
This role involves working as part of a business support team to deliver effective, routine administrative support within a business centre; learning and developing an understanding of existing processes and systems and develop knowledge of various functions within ECC.

As a Business Support Assistant, you will provide general administrative support to ECC, dealing with day to day work as instructed from the Business Centre Manager. Accurate and efficient data entry onto ECC systems is required, to ensure that all customer service requests are met within a specified time frame and are in line with data protection policies.
**Accountabilities**:

- Providing high quality, efficient and effective Business Support services to internal and external customers within agreed timescales and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Responding to customer requests and queries in a timely and efficient way.
- Acting as a professional representative of the Business Support service at a local level.
- Delivering the required activities of the respective business centre(s).
- Providing high quality self-directed administrative support, checking own work and proactively looking to raise standards.
- Maintaining confidential records according to Essex County Council guidance.
- Dealing with correspondence for the team or service in a timely, consistent and professional manner.
- Sharing knowledge and good practice with colleagues and highlighting more efficient ways of doing tasks.
- Some telephone and onsite work may be required.
***Required Skills and Experience**:

- Good Standard of basic education - 5 GCSEs grade C and above (including Maths and English) or comparable experience/qualifications.
- Ability to communicate in a manner which is easily understood and tailored to meet the needs of the audience, any customer service experience would be beneficial.
- As part of the role you may have access to sensitive and/or personal information.
- Ability to think about alternative ways of doing things and being open to new work practices and responsive to change.
- Ability to take ownership of work and fulfil agreed commitments, checking work for accuracy.
- This position may require minute taking duties, therefore relevant transferable skills are desirable, however full training will be provided.
- Previous experience of managing electronic or hard copy filing systems is desirable but not essential.