Business Support Services Officer
Administration

These positions will be based throughout the Wigan Borough

You will be required to work flexibly

Position 1:
Salary: Grade 4, £19,312 - £20,493 per annum. £10.00 - £10.62 per hour
37 hours per week

Position 2:
Salary: Grade 4, £9,656 - £10,247 per annum. £10.00 - £10.62 per hour 
18 hours 30 minutes per week

Temporary for 12 months

Your role:

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated Business Support Assistants to join our fantastic friendly team.

Supporting operational colleagues working with children, young people, and families across the borough you will work within teams such as the Independent Reviewing Officers and Fostering Service to deliver a high quality and effective service, providing minute taking for statutory meetings and panels. You will provide day to day administrative support to assist with the achievement of the team’s functions through delivering a high standard of customer care to service users, colleagues, and other professionals. You will embody the BeWigan values and behaviours, working with colleagues across the Council and its wider partners, to achieve best outcomes and deliver against The Deal principles.

About you:

The successful candidates will:

Have experience in panel preparation, compiling agendas and paperwork.
Be experienced in arranging panels\meetings, booking rooms, sending invites to, and liaising with professional.
Be experienced in attending panels and meetings, taking detailed minutes to a good standard as may be used as evidence in court proceedings.
Have excellent ICT skills with the ability to input and extract information from an electronic system (liquid logic)
Be able to handle highly sensitive information in line with confidentiality and data protection and ensuring the records are accurate.
Have the skills to take accurate messages
Have excellent organisational, communication and inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

Here in the Business Support Services of children’s directorate, we will provide you with the opportunity to work in a stimulating, busy environment. The post holder will join a supportive and committed team and will be encouraged to further develop their skills and knowledge which helps support the commitment we have to our children, young people and families.

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

For further information, please contact Lorraine Sherburn, BSS Team Manager l.sherburn@wigan.gov.uk or telephone 07789651477 for an informal discussion.

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
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Interview date: To be confirmed

Interviews will take place remotely

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Location
Progress House
Vacancy Description
 
These positions will be based throughout the Wigan Borough

You will be required to work flexibly

Position 1:
Salary: Grade 4, £19,312 - £20,493 per annum. £10.00 - £10.62 per hour
37 hours per week

Position 2:
Salary: Grade 4, £9,656 - £10,247 per annum. £10.00 - £10.62 per hour 
18 hours 30 minutes per week

Temporary for 12 months

Your role:

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated Business Support Assistants to join our fantastic friendly team.

Supporting operational colleagues working with children, young people, and families across the borough you will work within teams such as the Independent Reviewing Officers and Fostering Service to deliver a high quality and effective service, providing minute taking for statutory meetings and panels. You will provide day to day administrative support to assist with the achievement of the team’s functions through delivering a high standard of customer care to service users, colleagues, and other professionals. You will embody the BeWigan values and behaviours, working with colleagues across the Council and its wider partners, to achieve best outcomes and deliver against The Deal principles.

About you:

The successful candidates will:

Have experience in panel preparation, compiling agendas and paperwork.
Be experienced in arranging panels\meetings, booking rooms, sending invites to, and liaising with professional.
Be experienced in attending panels and meetings, taking detailed minutes to a good standard as may be used as evidence in court proceedings.
Have excellent ICT skills with the ability to input and extract information from an electronic system (liquid logic)
Be able to handle highly sensitive information in line with confidentiality and data protection and ensuring the records are accurate.
Have the skills to take accurate messages
Have excellent organisational, communication and inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

Here in the Business Support Services of children’s directorate, we will provide you with the opportunity to work in a stimulating, busy environment. The post holder will join a supportive and committed team and will be encouraged to further develop their skills and knowledge which helps support the commitment we have to our children, young people and families.

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

For further information, please contact Lorraine Sherburn, BSS Team Manager l.sherburn@wigan.gov.uk or telephone 07789651477 for an informal discussion.

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below:

Job Specification
Privacy Notice

Interview date: To be confirmed

Interviews will take place remotely

Find out more about working for Wigan