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Part Time Business Support Officer 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Employer
Sandwell Children's Trust
Location
Oldbury
Salary
£20,344 - £23,836
Closing date
29 May 2019
Reference
SAND000003922

Job Details

 

Sandwell Children’s Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our business support team on a part time basis. (25 hours)

SCSP is a partnership of all the different organisations working to protect children and young people across the county.

We bring together information for children, young people and their families and the professionals who work with them.

Safeguarding children and young people is everyone’s responsibility.

The SCSP ensures that all organisations that work with children work together to keep children and young people safe from harm.

Safeguarding is about keeping children and young people safe from abuse or neglect.

All those who come into contact with children and families in their everyday work, have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

The SCSP undertakes this role through providing training, the development of policies and procedures and awareness raising.

 The Business Support Officer role is key in ensuring the smooth running across a wide range of duties, and with a wide range of partners, but will have a focus on day to day administrative duties.

 

  • Delivering high level administrative and business support to the business unit team members and senior managers
  • Organising meetings and events, participating when required and taking notes
  • Logging and progressing correspondence
  • Raising invoices and processing orders

 

This role has opportunities for both self-development; to make full effective use of IT; to suggest and develop innovative approaches to achieve solutions; and to identify more efficient and resilient ways of working.

This role works across a number of departments and multi-agency organisations but is hosted by Sandwell Children’s Trust

Recruitment details for prospective candidates;

  • Advert closes – Monday 27th May 2019 (midnight)
  • Shortlisting for interview – W/C 27 May 2019
  • Interviews – W/C 10 June 2019
  • Job description and Person Specification (attached)
Supporting documents
Job Description
Person Spec

Company

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children.  To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.

With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust.

Working for us

There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children’s Trust.  From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development.  Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children’s Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team.  Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink:  https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

There are many benefits for working for us too:

  • Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
  • Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
  • The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
  • Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
  • Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

  • Up to £6,500 re-location package
  • Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition. 
  • The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
  • We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
  • Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
  • 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
  • Access to a range of discounts on products and services
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Wellbeing initiatives and forums
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Eye care vouchers
     

About Sandwell    

Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people.  While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.

For all recruitment enquiries please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and one of our friendly team will call you to discuss opportunities with the Trust.


 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0121 569 2200
Location
Sandwell Children's Trust
The Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DL
United Kingdom

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