Business Operations Assistant

• The primary work location is Shepton Mallet Office on Tuesday and Thursday, working from home on a Friday.
• 22.5 Hours a week – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
• 25 Days Annual Leave, not including bank holidays.
• Salary is £15,011 - £15,247 per annum for 22.5 hours/week

We’re working to improve the lives of young people in Somerset- and you’ll be a key part of that. The Children’s Social Care Central Payments Team supports colleagues across the county in their work, safeguarding children and young people. We are a busy team, making a valuable contribution to the work of the Service.

Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Using a specialist database – Microsoft D365 to set up and amend payments to Foster Carers, Adopters, Special Guardians and Care Leavers.
• Banking, Cash Handling and reconciling petty cash.
• Taking calls and receiving emails from colleagues, carers, and members of the public.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Are educated to GCSE standard, Grade 9/C in English Language and Maths.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, using appropriate techniques to ensure effective interaction with colleagues at all levels.
• Understand working with sensitive and confidential information.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, MS Teams and Sharepoint.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve. 

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

Salary is £15,011 - £15,247 per annum for 22.5 hours/week

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Julie Larcombe at Julie.larcombe@somerset.gov.uk  or 01823 357765 (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday).

If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you.

This job requires a criminal background check (DBS) via the disclosure procedure.