Experienced and professional Administrators/Business Support Officers required to work with a Newcastle based council on a long running temporary role in their child services team.

My client requires multiple business support officers (Administrator) to work from their Newcastle office to assist in their social housing contracts. Work will be carrying out the role of a administrator/ minute taker to provide support to Child Protection meetings for a busy Social Care Team. The office base is currently within the Allendale Road Building in Byker, at times you may be required to attend meetings off site with community settings e.g. schools. Office Hours are Monday to Friday 9-5 pm. As part of the role, you will be required to attend meetings in person and via Teams where family and professionals are in attendance and take notes of discussions held, produce high quality notes outlining prevalent points raised and decision rationale.

Working hours: 9.00am - 17.00pm Monday - Friday

Pay rate: £13.30 - £13.50 per hour

Your duties

• The ideal candidate will be require: Experience of Minute Taking and/or ability to convey discussion points in a clear written format.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and time management skills to enable them to manage a high workload whilst meeting statutory timescales.
• Manage a busy workload and demonstrate the ability to prioritise/reprioritise workloads as and when required to meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage sensitive information and data whilst adhering to GDPR.
• Be able to demonstrate emotional resilience due to nature of meeting content. Good knowledge of Microsoft Packages particularly Word and basic Excel

You will need:

• Experience in minute taking, call handling, good telephone manner and good IT skills
• Experience using MS Office software
• Excellent time management skills and attention to detail
• English and maths GCSE or equivalent

Call Holly Dennis on (phone number removed)/ (phone number removed) or email (url removed)