Business and Customer Support Assistant (2) - ANG05711

Angus Council; Forfar; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in Forfar is seeking a temporary staff member to provide support across various council services, including housing. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires applicants to indicate their preferred hours. Interviews will be held during the week of 18 August 2025, and candidates with disabilities or caring responsibilities are guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Responsibilities

• Support various council services, including the Housing service.
• Perform data collation, data entry, and financial processing.

Job description

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is Workstyle 5 - Hybrid+

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings, and collaboration.

Working either 21.75 hours or 36.25 hours per week. Please indicate on the application form the hours you are applying for.

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Business and Customer Support Team. This team plays a vital role in ensuring the council delivers high-quality services to our customers in line with current legislation and policy.

Successful applicants will provide valuable support across a variety of council services, including our Housing service. This support helps these teams focus on delivering essential services to the people and communities of Angus.

We encourage you to review the job outline and person specification, which detail the key responsibilities of the role. Typical tasks may include data collation, data entry, and financial processing.

These jobs are temporary for up to 12 months from the date of appointment.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager/organisation.

Please note interviews will be held during the week commencing 18 August 2025.

Requirements

Please refer to the job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for these jobs.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

• Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care-experienced young people, and ex-armed forces personnel.
• This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships, and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.