The Role:
We are looking for a Business Support Officer to join the Rehab and Reablement Team
within the Older Person’s and Physical Disabilities Division in Adult Social Care.
The Business Support Officer will provide effective and efficient business support across the service so that frontline staff can concentrate on delivering the core business function.
The main administrative tasks of this role include maintaining data, running reports on our client database Mosaic, invoice processing, archiving of documents, room bookings, general administrative maintaining financial data on SAP and spreadsheet trackers, producing statistical reports, and dealing professionally with phone calls, emails and other correspondences.
In addition you will act as the first point of contact for general enquires.
You must also have excellent IT skills using MS Word, Excel and spreadsheets. In return we will provide you with an opportunity to learn and develop the option of season ticket loans, a cycle scheme and generous annual leave.
As a frontline service staff are required to attend the office on the regular basis.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You:
The successful applicant would have substantial experience within an administrative role with a good working knowledge of different computer systems. Knowledge and experience of working with financial data would be highly beneficial. Also, an understanding of disabilities; including autism and learning disabilities, as well as the adult social care sector would be beneficial.
Additional salary details
Please note, we reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date indicated above - please apply as soon as possible - we look forward to receiving your application.
Recruitment timetable
Advert Close - 03/03
Interview Date - 14/03
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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