Business Support Officer - 18.80 or 15.00 hours
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Application Deadline: 28 August 2025
Department: Childrens Services
Location: Torbay Council
Compensation: £25,583 - £25,989 / year
Job Description & Person Specification >
We have an opportunity for two part time Business Support Officers within Children’s Services (one 15 hours per week and one 18.8 hours per week).
This exciting post will be working within our One Children’s Service where there will be a huge variety in terms of duties to be undertaken and knowledge gained from within a forward-thinking and highly supportive team.
The ideal candidate will have some knowledge of the service and have good administrative skills, including IT, minute taking, and general office administration. A sound knowledge of Microsoft applications would be an advantage. In addition to this the candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise work, be organised and committed to providing an excellent service in a challenging and fast paced environment.
The successful candidate will benefit from working with a highly supportive and encouraging team. They will gain the opportunity of choosing a hybrid working model with the flexibility to accommodate home / office working, alongside a generous annual leave entitlement, and the Council’s flexi scheme. Successful candidate will be offered a full training package.
If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser:
https://www.torbay.gov.uk/jobs/job-descriptions/business-support-officer-6/
For an informal chat please contact Alison Karssens or Kirsty Rich on 01803208100 or alison.karssens@torbay.gov.uk.
Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 01st September 2025.
Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.
Skills
Essential:
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to cope with a wide range of tasks within a short time scale and work to deadlines.
- Effective organisational skills.
- Effective ICT skills.
Knowledge
Essential:
- Experience of working with a range of IT software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Edge.
Essential:
- Educated to O Level/GCSE standard (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Experience of working in a busy office using a range of administration procedures.
- Experience of dealing with a range of enquiries both on the telephone and face to face.
- Location:
- Torquay, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £60,000 - £80,000
- Job Type:
- PartTime
- Category:
- Management & Operations
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