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* Job Title: Day Service Business Support Assistant
* Job Location: The Beeches
* Salary: £26,403 - £27,694 per annum (pro rata)
* Hours per Week: 24.00
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Closing Date: 10/08/2025
* Job Requisition Number: 11720
* This post is not open to job share
We are seeking an experienced administrator to come and join our friendly Day Services team in the Beeches Day Centre!
About The Role
We are looking for a part-time Business Support Assistant to join our Day Services Team in the Beeches Day Centre. The contract is 24 hours per week, minimum 4 days in the office.
As a Business Support Assistant, You Will Deliver An Efficient Administration Function Within The Service Area. You Will Work As An Integral Member Of The Team To Ensure Effective, Consistent, And Essential Support Standards. This Will Include But Is Not Limited To
* maintaining the reception function by answering and directing phone calls and taking messages, and assisting visitors, so a professional telephone manner is a must;
* undertaking financial accounting tasks, such as: processing invoices, managing the day-to-day administration operation of the amenity fund, undertaking banking as required;
* maintaining accurate databases;
* scheduling meetings, as well as taking minutes of meetings;
* responding to, redirecting emails and managing a generic mailbox;
* writing newsletter and communications for the day centre.
To find out more about working in the Beeches Day Centre, visit our “Meet the Teams” webpage here .
About You
You will have strong communication and organisational skills. Ideally you will have some experience of working in a busy office environment. You will have good IT skills and be a competent user of Microsoft Office.
If you are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working within a team, then this could be the ideal role for you!
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role!
About Us
This is a great time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as Adult Social Care is on an exciting innovation journey, which focuses our approach into being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make the Difference’ to our local communities.
Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:
* 25.5 days annual leave pro rata rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
* Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
* Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
* Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
* GCC’s Cycle to Work Scheme
* Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
* Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
Applying
Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria in the Job Profile (see link below). Your application should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion with the team manager, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call back or click ‘apply’ today!
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Day Services Business Support Assistant Job Proile
This Position is subject to an Enhaced DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. The advert will be open for a minimum of 7 calendar days. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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