Business Support Officer - LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service

Kent County Council; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking a full-time Business Support Officer for its LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service in Maidstone. The role involves providing vital administrative support to ensure the efficient operations of the safeguarding team, requiring strong organizational and communication skills. Join a supportive workplace committed to professional development and community impact.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in administrative support or similar role.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day administrative functions of the service.
• Act as a point of contact for internal staff and members of the public.
• Support managers in processing and monitoring financial transactions.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Independence

Teamwork

Job description

Business Support Officer - LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Business Support Officer (BSO) to provide administrative support in our LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service (LESAS) within the Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Professional Standards Unit. The LESAS team builds upon the statutory LADO function for the whole of the children’s workforce and supports education settings (early years settings, childminders, schools, and colleges) in Kent who work with children aged 0-18 to meet their safeguarding responsibilities and respond to safeguarding concerns.

As part of a small administration team, you will play an integral role in providing administrative support to the wider LESAS team, made up of experienced social work and education professionals who have a thorough understanding of key local and national legislation and statutory guidance related to safeguarding and education safeguarding practice. In this role you will ensure the LADO Education Safeguarding Advisory Service is able to fulfil their functions as efficiently as possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day administrative functions of the service to include monitoring of Portal enquires, e-mails, telephone calls, diary management, data collection, ordering to facilitate the smooth running of the service.
• Act as a point of contact to ensure that internal staff, partners and members of the public who contact the team are dealt with efficiently and consistently.
• Support managers in the processing and monitoring of a range of financial and procurement transactions to help ensure that budgets are properly managed and procurement policy adhered to.
• Quality assure data held on different systems to ensure accuracy, in order to provide reliable information on which management decisions can be made.
• Monitor and update systems in an accurate and timely manner whilst adhering to GDPR requirements.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in administrative support or a similar role.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Commitment to the values and principles of Kent County Council.

The work is interesting, varied and demanding, and we need someone with a calm and organised approach who can make a positive contribution to the success of the team. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to contribute to meaningful work that impacts our community.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will take place on 19th June in person in Maidstone.

For more information about this role, please contact Mandy Marden at [e-mail] or 03000 410 209

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Location Invicta House, Maidstone, United Kingdom