Business Support Administrator

Job Introduction

Required to support our Staffordshire Children's Advice and Support Team and Emergency Duty Team based in Stone.

You will be predominantly office based although some home working is arranged on a rota basis dependent on the demands of the service.

Main Responsibilities

You will undertake the admin processes as part of the Information Sharing Log.

This involves carrying out the lateral checks for individual agencies on behalf of the County Council in the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) . 

You'll also:

• Support all of the business support requirements for the Staffordshire Children's Advice and Support Service, the Emergency Duty Service and the wider children’s service.
• Servicing meetings: coordinating the circulation of agendas and relevant papers; scheduling and diary management; attendance at meetings; and taking and distributing appropriate notes. 
• Completing a range of administrative and customer care tasks ensuring compliance with business processes and Service Level Agreements
• Undertake a range of financial transactions including cash handling, holding/managing Purchase card transactions, placing orders for services/equipment, goods receipting on in accordance with Financial Regulations through the County Council’s Finance and Procurement systems.
• make full use of the Department’s IT Facilities including accurately maintaining, monitoring and analysing data.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have:

• experience of using Microsoft Office or equivalent software
• NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration (or equivalent)
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• ability to interpret, format and accurately present information
• good time management and organisational skills with an ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and on own initiative.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Jacquie Clifford jacquie.clifford@staffordshire.gov.uk

The post is based within the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub based in Stone and as such will be subject to the MASH police vetting process

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 26th November

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.