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An opportunity with Leicestershire County Council for a Business Support Assistant within the Children and Families Department. The role involves providing administrative support, managing communications, and ensuring efficient office operations, all while being part of a dedicated and inclusive team committed to public service. The successful candidate will benefit from a supportive work environment, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth within the organisation.
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall/Remote Working, Glenfield, Leicestershire. LE3 8RF
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £24,408 -£24,795
Working Hours:37 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13th July 2025
Interview Date(s): W/c 21st July 2025
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen for a well-organised and resilient individual to join the Children and Family Services as a Business Support Assistant.
This role is part of the wider Business Support Service and as such an important part of this role is to provide back-up to colleagues across other areas and to assist in handling urgent work on a day-to-day basis.
What we offer:
Main duties and responsibilities:
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement .
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
Please refer to the 7 point criteria giving examples of how you meet the criteria below
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to,equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:
Sharon Wright, Senior Business Support Officer
Telephone: 0116 3055966
Email: Sharon.Wright@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support .
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