Business Support Officer - Governance Team

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Kirklees
Children & Families
Learning & Early Support
7.24 (1-day per week)
1
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Permanent
Grade 6

£24,294- £25,979

The Directorate for Children and Families is responsible for ensuring that the full range of the Council’s statutory responsibilities for children and young people are met. The Director for Learning and Early Support has a statutory responsibility to ensure the co-operation of the Council and partners in providing efficient and effective services to improve outcomes for children and young people.

As an integral part of the Learning and Early Support Service, the Governor Clerking Service has both statutory and commercial functions, and as such has a significant role to play in supporting best outcomes for children and young people by working collaboratively and flexibly with colleagues across the Council. The team works with school leaders and governing bodies to provide effective support and guidance in order to strengthen school leadership and governance and fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties in relation to school governance.

The team holds a comprehensive knowledge base and the expertise to support full governing body meetings, statutory committees as well as all aspects of professional clerking enabling them to provide advice and support on governance regulations and procedures.

You will provide business support related to statutory and commercial functions of the Governor Clerking Service. The team is currently based in Huddersfield Town Centre, although the role will require you to attend school settings. The job is responsible to the School Governance Business Manager.

Main Duties:

  • Data processing (input and retrieval), including service based IT systems
  • Specialist and technical administrative support
  • Responding to complex enquiries
  • Complex and specialist word processing
  • Processing and accounting for cash, cheques, direct debits, invoices
  • Information and record management as directed
  • Clerk to governing body

It is essential that you have good IT skills and that you are familiar with a variety of computer packages in particular Microsoft Office and that you are able to demonstrate business and administration skills to NVQ Level 3.

For a full list of the role requirements please see the attached Job Profile.

Working pattern

Hybrid working, but you may be required to attend council buildings.

If you have any questions about the role please contact Amerjit Sahota (Improving Governance Lead) at Amerjit.Sahota@kirklees.gov.uk

Amerjit Sahota is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

15 March 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

BSO Job Profile.pdf – 134KB
BSO Focus Sheet.pdf – 173KB

This vacancy is closed to applications.