Business Support Assistant

Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a proactive Business Support Assistant to provide confidential administrative support to Heads of Service within Adult Care. You will manage diaries, arrange meetings, prepare agendas and papers, take minutes and maintain action plans and spreadsheets.

You will support recruitment activities, monitor deadlines and correspondence, and coordinate with the wider Business Support Team to ensure reports and FOI requests are completed on time.

Qualifications

• Experience providing high quality administrative support to senior leaders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in a professional office environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams).

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential administrative support to Heads of Service within Adult Care.
• Manage diaries and arrange meetings, prepare agendas and distribute papers.
• Take accurate minutes and maintain action plans and spreadsheets.
• Support recruitment activities and monitor correspondence and deadlines.
• Coordinate with the wider Business Support Team and provide cover when required.
• Ensure reports, briefings, FOI requests and other activities meet corporate timescales.

Skills

Diary management

Minute taking

Calendar management

Administrative support

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Job profile for Business Support Assistant

Business Support Assistant

Riverside House 15/11/2026 Business Support Assistant

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary £27,709 - £29,071 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Region Rotherham Job category/type Administration/Clerical, Adult Social Work Date posted 30/10/2026 Job reference REQ24202 Attachments Benefits Package.doc Job Profile Band E.docx

Job description

Directorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health

Temporary (Maternity Cover for 12 months), Full time, 37 hours per week

Within Adult Care, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and organised individual to provide high quality administrative support to senior leaders across the service.

As a Business Support Assistant, you will provide dedicated and confidential administrative support to Heads of Service within Adult Care. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the service through a wide range of administrative and clerical duties, including managing diaries, arranging meetings, preparing agendas, distributing papers, taking minutes, maintaining action plans and spreadsheets, supporting recruitment activities and monitoring correspondence and deadlines.

You will proactively support senior managers to ensure reports, briefings, correspondence, Freedom of Information requests, Member enquiries and other key service activities are completed within corporate timescales. The role will also involve working closely with colleagues across the wider Business Support Team and providing support when required.

Are you an experienced administrator with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail? Do you have experience managing competing priorities, supporting senior stakeholders and using a range of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams? If you are a confident communicator who enjoys working in a busy environment and delivering excellent customer service, we would love to hear from you.

When submitting your application, please remember to give examples in the 'Skills and Experience' section of how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria listed on the first page of the Job & Person Profile.

RMBC currently operate a working location policy, detailing an expectation of attendance at a Council work location (including when attending meetings or appointments on behalf of the Council at non-Council sites) within the Borough for a minimum of three days per week for full time staff, subject to the role requirements to ensure the Council connects its employees to the place resulting in the best possible service provision and our customer focus as a first and primary principle.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about this career opportunity, please contact the recruiting manager [e-mail] .

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

Head Office
Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE