Business Support Officer

Role Responsibility

We have an exciting opportunity for administrators to join the Strategic Commissioning Division on temporary 1-year contract/Secondment.

You will be expected to support processes and procedures as part of a team of administrators to ensure the Division is able to fulfil their functions as efficiently as possible. 

As well as the experience, skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, applicants should be:

• highly organised with an excellent attention to detail
• able to provide PA support to senior managers, and be computer literate in a range of Microsoft Office packages including diary management skills using Outlook
• highly motivated, well organised, have excellent communication skills and pay attention to detail.
• able to organise and prioritise workload to achieve deadlines
• an excellent communicator, both in writing and over the telephone
• familiar with using systems and databases such as iProc, Mosaic, Controc or similar equivalent Finance, purchase ordering and service user databases.
• able to work confidently to ensure deadlines are achieved.
• able to exercise total confidentiality with the highest degree of tact and diplomacy in dealings with senior officers, service users and staff, at times involving complex matters
• experienced in minuting meetings
• able to use your own initiative, knowledge and experience to arrive at appropriate solutions to problems
• be positive, resilient, and proactive in your approach to work

The environment can be fast-paced and demanding; the successful candidate will be able to work well in a team but someone who can also work successfully on their own tasks. You will need to be able to demonstrate that you are self-motivated and a self-starter.

Please ensure you complete the 'Reason for application' section in full using the person specification as a guide. We will not be looking at any CVs submitted as part of the shortlisting process.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

Interview date: 27^th/28^th July 2022

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Amy Carter 03000 415928 or Laura Robinson on 03000 415473.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.