• Location: Taunton
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• 25 days annual leave entitlement
• Fixed term contract until 31/12/2024

This is an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and motivated individual to join our Business Support Team within Adult Social Care as a Business Support Assistant. You will be part of a small, friendly and supportive team with many years of experience working within Adult Social Care.  As well as receiving a robust and comprehensive induction programme, you will have opportunities to meet with and receive peer support from colleagues across the service areas.

We’re working to improve the lives of people here in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Providing an administrative and business support service to operational colleagues often dealing with sensitive and/or confidential matters.
• Using a variety of I.T applications and case management systems.
• Minute taking for a range of meetings.
• Data recording and analysis

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Are educated to GCSE level including English and Maths Grade C/4 or equivalent and have significant relevant office experience within an administrative role.
• Can flourish in a fast-paced environment and prioritise work to meet changing deadlines.
• Have working experience using Outlook and Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Are an excellent communicator with a flexible, positive, and committed attitude.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

Salary: Grade 15 - £22,737 - £23,114 per annum

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact:

Elaine Ham, Senior Business Support Officer on 01278 447697, elaine.ham@somerset.gov.uk or

Tracy Bennett, Business Support Supervisor on 01823 357956, tracy.bennett@somerset.gov.uk

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

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