Business Support Officer

BusinessSupport Officer
£32,955 – £39,933 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth
On-site (5 days per week)

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic professional with a working and operational knowledge of Business Support? Wandsworth Sensory Support Service (WSSS) offers high-quality services to children and young people (aged between 0 – 25 years) as well as their families, who are affected by sensory impairment (deafness and / or vision impairment) across Wandsworth.

Can you join us and provide efficient and effective business support to enable your colleagues and the service to excel?

About the role

When joining us as a Business Support Officer you will hit the ground running and support a busy team ensuring high quality business support is delivered across services within Wandsworth Sensory Support Service, Children’s Services Division and Wandsworth Local Authority.

You will provide general administrative support for the whole WSSS caseload and work in a confidential, flexible, and responsive manner under the guidance of the Head of Service.

You will be responsible for the development of our short breaks offer and will apply your past experience of developing and coordinating events.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of working in a busy administrative environment at a similar level.
• Strong customer service skills with excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to self-start but also integrate within existing teams.
• Excellent attention to detail, and confidence of using Microsoft 365, tools, databases, live spreadsheets and create / post social media content.
• Ability to promote the service and its activities in person and on appropriate social media platforms.
• Ability to develop and coordinate varied activities as part of the Short Breaks program.

If you meet the required criteria and would like to support a service that makes a difference in the life of vulnerable children, young people and their families – we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact the team by emailing WSSS@wandsworth.gov.uk

Closing date: 24th November 2024
Shortlisting date: week commencing 25th November 2024
Interview date: 2nd December 2024

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.