Business Support Officer

Business Support Officer

Southwark

18/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: Mon - Fri 36/hrs

Contract: 3 - 6 months with chance of extension

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide financial, IT, and business support for Adult Social Care Teams, to ensure the smooth running of services during operational hours. To undertake functions of an administrative nature for the each Service. To provide a reporting function for each Service. To provide support to managers and practitioners in relation to administrative, statistical, financial information and IT matters. To contribute to the achievement of quality customer care across the all services.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Responsibilities

1. To set, maintain and review all record management systems to ensure that they are in accordance with the needs of the service.

2. To arrange meetings and events - book rooms, prepare and circulate agendas and papers and provide and circulate minutes and monitor follow up actions as necessary.

3. To regularly input monitoring information to the relevant IT systems to ensure that records are up to date.

4. To assist the team in the compilation, co-ordination, collation and distribution of management data for the purposes of regular and ad-hoc reporting on all areas of the Business.

5. To efficiently & accurately sort and log incoming mail, (both internal and external) including scanning and distribution, in accordance with procedures

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:

• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent years experience
• Knowledge of office procedures and administrative systems, including procurement systems
• Previous experience in an administrative post.