Job Description:

Job information Business Support Assistant from the Company Rochdale Council, this latest Business Support Assistant job vacancy is located in the city Rochdale OL16 1XU located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Administration field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

External candidates applying for this role must be a Rochdale Resident who lives within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Rochdale

Rochdale Children's Services are looking to recruit Business Support Assistants on a permanent and a temporary basis to provide excellent administrative and financial support across both Children's Social Care and Early Help and Schools. This includes working with multiple partner agencies which includes GMP, NHS, Legal Services and Schools Depts etc.

The 12 month temporary post is covering the absence of the postholder.

Please NOTE: Previous applicants need not apply.

About the role

The Business Support team play an essential role in supporting colleagues across the Children's Service directorate. As a Business Support Assistant, you would be providing administration and financial support to Social Workers, Team Managers, Service Leads and some multi-agency partners. Supporting colleagues in Early Help and Schools. Handling confidential information and monitoring shared team mailboxes and working to deadlines is essential to this role.

We are a friendly dynamic team, which takes pride in everything we do. Our Business Support Assistants are essential to our service delivery and play a key role in making sure we provide efficient and effective support.

About you

The ideal candidate will have the following qualities:

Excellent communication skills

Organised

Hard-working and able to work well under pressure

Good numeracy and literacy skills

Flexible, adaptable and a can-do attitude

Willingness and ability to work in a busy office

ICT skills

Administrative experience

Customer service skills

The ability to take minutes would be an advantage but not essential as training will be given to the successful candidate

About us

This is an interesting, exciting, challenging and busy role.

What we offer:

A welcoming and supportive team

Opportunities for development

A varied and fulfilling role

Access to staff well-being initiatives

If you are interested in joining our successful team, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to have an informal chat about the service and this exciting opportunity, please email joinrochdalecs@rochdale.gov.uk and one of our managers will give you a call back.

To apply for this job role please upload your CV with a supporting document that provides evidence of how you meet the 8 essential criteria of the role profile attached below.

We suggest that when completing your supporting statement, you use the role profile criteria as headings then give a specific example. Please ensure you anonymise your CV and supporting statement.

Interview date will be week commencing 7 July 2025

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

For internal RBC candidates if you wish to apply for the temporary post on a secondment basis, approval for secondment should be obtained from your Service Director (or nominated representative) before applying for the post

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment

Keywords : Rochdale jobs
Closed Date : 2025-12-17