£13.00 per hour
Stockton-On-Tees
Full-Time
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our not-for-profit organisation as a Business Support Officer. We are seeking a graduate or professional who is highly proactive and well-organised to support operational and administrative output.
You will provide efficient support to services dedicated to supporting adults with learning disabilities, as well as older people with a range of support needs. An excellent standard of verbal and written English is essential as well as an interest in working in the not-for-profit health and social care sector.
Duties
We are looking for an individual with gumption and a can-do attitude to join our expanding North East team, providing administrative and operational support to our services across the North East. The successful candidate will travel to support our services as needed. Duties will include (but are not limited to):
* Provide routine administrative support to our busy services
* Conduct themed audits within services
* Lead on our social value and development plan
* Assisting the management team with managing the Electronic rostering and ensuring staff are deployed to meet service users’ needs
* Supporting with our recruitment and retention strategy
* Planning and supporting interviews
* Working with the Recruitment Team to ensure roles are advertised
* Writing job packs and adverts to fill vacancies
* Undertaking rota checks to ensure all commissioned hours are delivered
* Monitoring agency expenditure against local and national KPI’s
* Working with our central Bank Team to agree agency bookings
* Helping to set up new services
An approachable and warm manner, along with excellent customer care skills is essential. The role requires an individual with excellent attention to detail as well as the ability to multi-task to complete competing deadlines. The skills to accurately input data onto databases, minute meetings and use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook are necessary to succeed in this role. You will enjoy working as a team as well as using your initiative and working independently.
This role will suit someone with resilience and enthusiasm who relishes a new challenge each day. Creative Support is an Investors in People, Stonewall Diversity Champion and equal opportunities employer, committed to delivering local high quality care through a well-established and supported local work force.
Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.
We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.
We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.
Application Instructions
In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.
You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to recruitment@creativesupport.co.uk to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.
If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.
Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS #J-18808-Ljbffr