Business Support Officers x 3 posts (FTE 37 hours per week)

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL Applicants

Salary:  £19,698 - £20,903 per annum (pro rata)

2 Fixed Term Contracts until 1/3/2022

1 Fixed Term Contract until 31/10/21

Business and Executive Support is a central business support function which is aligned to meet the requirements of Staffordshire County Council and which fulfils the needs of the organisation as it evolves.  We are recruiting to 2 Business Support Officers to provide admin support predominantly to the Registration Service but with flexibility to assist with other priority work across the wider Business and Executive Support Team.  The other fixed term contract until 31/10/21 will support priority work within Data and Systems (Care and Corporate Support).

The roles supporting the Registration Service will require the postholder to be office based in one of our four Registration Offices across the County of Staffordshire (Lichfield, Burton, Newcastle and Stafford) with flexibility to work across these areas when required:-

The successful applicants will have: -

• Excellent communication skills to engage our customers and Administration teams to share best practise using digital solutions where appropriate to improve processes.
• An ability to work in a fast-paced, busy environment and to manage changes at short notice, with a flexible approach.
• Strong IT skills with a knowledge of SCC systems or similar packages for data management.
• Good administrative organisational skills

To apply for this post click on the ‘Apply’ button below.

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Closing Date: 21/3/2021
Interview Date: Provisional Interviews – 29^th and/or 31^st March 20201– to be confirmed

Please note that interviews will take place by use of Office 365 Teams virtually given current circumstances, which are outside of our control.

Please be aware, only application forms completed online will be accepted. We will not accept CV’s or Word application forms.

For more information about the roles please contact: Michelle Ogram – michelle.ogram@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Values

The County Council has adopted a set of values that seeks to achieve the best outcomes for its citizens, communities and employees.

Our People Strategy sets out what we all need to do to make Staffordshire County Council a great place to work, where people are supported to develop, flourish and contribute to our ambitious plans. 

Our values are at the heart of the Strategy to ensure that the focus is on what is important to the organisation and the people it serves:

• Ambitious - We are ambitious for our communities and citizens
• Courageous - We recognise our challenges and are prepared to make

    courageous decisions

• Empowering - We empower and support our people by giving them the

    opportunity to do their jobs well.

  Benefits for working for us….

  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 a range of benefits including:

• An excellent local government pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement from 24 up to 33 days (plus 2 extra

    statutory days and bank holidays) depending on job role and length of

    service

• The option to buy up to an additional 2 weeks annual leave
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role, which

    includes agile working, flexible retirement

• Family Friendly Policies - maternity, adoption, paternity and parental

    leave

• Volunteering Scheme
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and

    mentoring

• Access to health and wellbeing support (including Occupational Health,        Physiotherapy and Counselling Services)
• Eye care vouchers
• Car lease scheme / cycle & car loan scheme / employee car share scheme
• Bus and rail travel discounts

  Supporting documents

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• Job supporting document

  This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.