Overview
Are you looking for a position that is challenging, rewarding, interesting and fast paced? Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Localities Business Support Team is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated team player to join our busy Safeguarding and Children in Care Business Support teams, offering administrative support to Social Work teams.
Working hours part-time are 22.5 hours per week Monday to Wednesday.
For informal enquiries or a discussion about this job please contact
Lisa.Seebaran@NCTrust.co.uk
Please do not submit CV's to this email address; candidates will only be considered if they apply via the portal
Benefits
* 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days after 5 years
* Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
* Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
* Employee Assistance Programme — Health Assured provides support for you and your immediate family, 24/7, including counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
* Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus more.
* Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
* A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team empowering you to make good professional decisions
* Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
* Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
What will you be doing?
This is a varied and rewarding role that requires good verbal and written communication skills. Co-ordinate and manage the locality team’s processes and systems in relation to communications and SharePoint, including mailbox monitoring, task action and response. To attend and take accurate minutes of statutory children’s services group meetings (including attendance records etc.) as directed by the children’s services operational leads, in accordance with their priorities, protocols and procedures.
Works closely and jointly with other service members as required to ensure continuity of support for Children’s Services and undertake other tasks as appropriate to the role to meet the needs of the business.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
About you
We are looking for candidates who enjoy networking with multi-agency professionals and are solution-focused, with experience in business support.
You will be required to meet daily deadlines, working in a fast-paced, sensitive and confidential environment.
Experience in minute taking and processing invoices and experience of Microsoft Office packages is desirable as it will be a key task for these roles.
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full-time education.
About us
At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.
Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.
We value our colleagues and empower them to do the best job of their lives every day, in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is welcomed. At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.
Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.
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