Overview
Job Description
Salary: £25,183 – £25,992
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary Fixed term: 12 months
Interview date: Friday 11 April 2025
Children In Care Service – Empowering Young Lives
We are thrilled to be offering an opportunity within our Kinship & Fostering team to excel in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift frequently to cater to the needs of our stakeholders.
As a Business Support in this team, you will have a strong administrative background, excellent working knowledge of MS Office.
Crucial qualities include precision and adaptability, along with exceptional communication skills. Your ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues and partner agencies is essential, as it enables you to engage with professionals and families while working alongside the children’s services teams. This collaborative aspect of the role may present challenges at times, but it’s an essential part of making a meaningful impact.
Your responsibilities will be financial functions encompassing business support. These include using the Oracle system to pay invoices, and other payment systems, updating and maintaining spreadsheets, answering telephones, using the liquid logic LCS database, wider business support tasks.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a ‘One Council’ ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here!
Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity .
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
For more details, contact Vanessa Petty, Admin Manager, at vanessa.petty@wiltshire.gov.uk , or call 01249 707974.
This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion .
Disability Confident Employer
Application process
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